Too much contraception???

don't know about the contraception affecting your fertility, but it took nearly 16 months for me to get any ovulating pains after I stopped taking the pill in preparation for TTC.

As for the injection reseach. I think this will always happen as more and more research is done, people will find that you should/shouldn't take it for a million different reasons. It's the same for all medication

For sure....yes some women do fall pregnant as soon as they come off the pill but for some women in can muck them up and it can take a long time to come right.

I definetly think giving your body a break before you TTC is a good thing.

Hi ya. I went on depo when I was about 19ish and was on it for 7 years too. I stopped having it after asking FPA about new research in to long term use and they said that there was some information about bone density being affected and I had broken both my legs (on seperate occasions) in the couple of years before that so stopped straight away. I didn't start getting AF for 18 months after stopping though. After AF started again it only took 4 cycles for us to fall pregnant so I don't think that our fertility was affected at all.

Just to clarify - i didn't mean good about breaking your legs or anything Hope you didn't think I meant that . I mean good that 7 years on depo didn't affect your fertility

Hi AnnC - When I went on the injection I was 18. My periods stopped straight away. You get it in your bum- its a BIG needle and my right leg from bum cheek down went numb every time for the rest of the day. But you only get it once every 12 weeks so its very easy. It didn't affect my moods/sex drive or weight at all (I don't think - I'm still the same in all those things I think as when I was then). The only real sure thing is weight though cause they weigh you each time and I always weighed the same. I weigh the same now as when I was 18. I can't remember when my periods started again but I think it was a couple of months. But before I went on it I was pretty irregular and now I'm still irregular so I can't say whether it affected them at all. My sister loved the sound of no periods so she tried it but she only had one and bled for 8 weeks so never tried again. Obviously it works differently for everyone.
Sorry for the novel Finally I feel like I can kind of give advice instead of just asking all the time. Lol. Best of luck with whatever you decide.

My doctor has NEVER let me go on the injection because there is research that 'claims' if you have no idea what your fertility levels are like, you shouldn't go on something that never lets you have periods, and is so strong that it can take up to half the time (or sometimes more) of being on it to get your AF back regularly when you go off.

He said he would only let me go on it after I've had children as the side effects aren't well enough known for people to be screwing with their systems.