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A member asked:

If i stop taking birth control or miss a pill will i immediately ovulate or ovulate when i used to before i was on pill. i've been on pill for a year.?

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Hard to tell.: Missing pills will on occasion allow ovulatory escape. (this is why missing pills can lead to pregnancy.) stopping pills will result in return of the ovulatory cycle. The timing of ovulation in both instances is uncertain, but most women who stop pills will have return of ovulation within a month or two.

Dr Sparacino and another doctor agreed

Answered 2/24/2014

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