Hi!
Your husband is probably right. Sometimes when you stop using oral contraceptives it takes your body awhile to get adjusted and start ovulating again. It is really difficult to predict when ovulation will occur with that first cycle off pills. Once you have a menstrual period it will be easier. Since you have been on birth control for so long, it is possible that you have irregular periods that have been masked by the pills. If you don't get a period within 6-8 weeks after discontinuing the pill, you may want to ask your doctor about some blood work. If you were my patient, I would check a preg test, an FSH level, thyroid and prolactin levels. I would also prescribe progesterone to jump-start your cycle.
I wish you all the best!
Dr B
Would the progesterone still allow me to get pregnant? Could they prescribe me prometrium? What is FSH and prolactin? Thanks for answering, it helps to know these things to ask before you go in!