Background: One of the best methods to control fertility is use of injectable Depo-Provera which has thernside effect of delaying return to fertility after cessation of use. This delay is different from place to place.rnHealth care providers in Ethiopia has been giving information to their family planning clients that Depornwill delay return for six or more months referring researches done elsewhere. There is no consis reportrnacross countries which range from 6-12 months. However, no such study was done in our country.rnObjective: The purpose of this study was to assess the duration of return to fertility and its determinantsrnafter cessation of use of injectable contraceptives among currently pregnant women attending ANC inrnpublic health facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015rnMethods: A cross sectional facility based survey on 773 pregnant women visiting Ante Natal Care clinicrndone from April 1-June 30/ 2015. Probability proportionate to sampling technique was used to distributernstudy women in selected facilities. Then, they are systematically selected from log-books in each facility.rnA pretested structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Data was entered in Epi info, and thenrnexported to SPSS for cleaning and analysis. Summary measures were computed and displayed. Crude andrnadjusted odds ratio along with their 95% confidence interval in Binary logistic regression was used tornidentify factors associated with return to fertility and its significance.rnResults: The median duration of return to fertility after cessation of use of Depo Provera was 10 months.rnMoreover about 355 (45.9%) of women visited public health centers for antenatal care reported the delayrnof return to fertility for more than 9 months. The odds of delay in fertility was AOR=1.48:95% CIrn(1.03,2.23) and AOR=1.92: 95% CI (1.00,3.70) times higher among women aged 25-34 and 35-41 years,rnrespectively compared to their counterparts in the age group of 18-24 years. It was AOR=2.31: 95% CIrn(1.38,3.88) times higher among women belonging to households with monthly income range of 5001-rn9990 Ethiopian birr though the statistical significance for the income range 2501-5000 vanishes whenrncurrent age and age at first sex are controlled.rnConclusions and Recommendations: The median delay to fertility return was 10 months. Age group,rntotal monthly income and age at first sex were the major factors associated with delay to return to fertility.rnHealth care providers should know the median delay to return to fertility documented by this study torncounsel their family planning clients. Moreover, they should inform that it is influenced by income level,rnand age at first sex. Further research with a cohort study design is also recommended.