What is family planning and if i stop using them can i get pregnant immediately and especially Depo?
by Berenise on March 14th, 2007 FAMILY PLANNING: *A health service that helps couples decide whether to have children, and if so, when and how many. *a system of limiting family size and the frequency of childbearing by the appropriate use of contraceptive techniques. Many women choose, after a period of using birth control, to become pregnant. As each woman’s body is different, so will the time it takes to become pregnant be different. In part, the time it will take to become pregnant after being off birth control depends on the birth control method practiced. If you have had the birth control shot, known as Depo-Provera or a “depo shot,” you can become pregnant in as little as three months after your shot. For many women who have had the depo shot, it can take as long as 18 months to become pregnant. If a woman is using condoms (male or female), spermicides, diaphragms, or any other “barrier” type of birth control, pregnancy can occur immediately during the next ovulation after stopp