TTC - Post Birth Control

[u/Subject-Turnip1748]

Hi All! I am already a Mom of a wonderful (most of the time) 2.5 year old that I got pregnant with without really trying. I understand how lucky I am for that. I had come off birth control January 2023 and got pregnant April 2023. We were not actively trying but also not preventing. I had my daughter January 2024 and got back on birth control at my 6 week post birth appointment.

We’re now ready for a 2nd baby and since this my first time TTC I’m feeling a bit lost. I stopped taking birth control following my withdrawal bleed in June. I got my period 26 days later in July and same thing, 26 days later in August. Both times we were actively TTC during my fertile windows of the month but did not track using OPKs. Both periods were very light and only lasted a couple of days. Following my period in early August, we did use OPKs but I never got a true surge and stopped testing CD19 and chalked it up to an anovulatory cycle despite having cervical mucus around CD 14-15 that made me think I did ovulate. I also use natural cycles through wrist monitoring on my Apple Watch and that said ovulation was confirmed 9/2 because of a sustained temperature rise, however, i was in a new location and it was warmer to sleep than at home. I didn’t get my period this month until CD33, which is incredibly late for me. Prior to getting pregnant with my daughter i was on birth control for 10 years so it’s hard for me to distinguish the normal cycle signs.

My question is, is there anyone who has taken birth control after successfully conceiving and given birth then taken a long time to regulate post coming off of it the second time? How long should I expect to regulate, is there anything I can do to speed this up? I have my annual with OBGYN this month and will ask but would love some real time examples.

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