https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:58:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-124108 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:05:40 +0000 Arden 124108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh we're going straight to TTC. The only reason we didn't start TTC a long time ago is because we're waiting till after our move and until we start our new job. So as soon as we're moderately settled in June, TTC begins in earnest! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-123872 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:27:17 +0000 hellobeeboston 123872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say we did for a few months -- it was the time where I was off the pill, no form of birth control... When it wasn't happening after 3 or 4 months that's when I started with the opk's and tracking my cycles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121774 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:50:53 +0000 Andrea 121774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We never did NTNT either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121771 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:43:23 +0000 BSB 121771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were NTNT for about 2 months. I switched because I wanted to try full time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121711 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:37:15 +0000 yoursilverlining 121711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never. I don't see a difference between TTC and NTNT. If I'm having sex without birth control, it's all "open season" for pregnancy to me, no matter what I label it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121574 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:24:10 +0000 Running Elley 121574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started TTC right away, no NTNT for us. I have PCOS and was using charting as birth control/information for my doctor before trying anyway so I just kept charting. We also wanted to be sure of timing because it was really important for me to get blood tests ASAP after I found out I was pregnant due to an increased risk of MC and we knew that. I am also a control freak :) We got pregnant the first month and that ended in a MC, had to take some time off afterwards (I was still charting at the time though), we got pregnant the first month we started trying again which also ended in a MC, took 2 months off for testing and medication adjustments, got pregnant the first month we started trying again and I am currently 13 weeks pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121556 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:17:16 +0000 Mrsbells 121556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we never tried either, we were using birth control but being a bit relaxed about it and less than 2months after getting married I was pregnant!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121541 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:12:07 +0000 sulli301 121541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsdaredevil: this happened with me! Preggo immediately with baby number 1 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121534 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:09:27 +0000 Jumpingjacks 121534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went directly from not trying to trying. There was no middle ground. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121526 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:06:40 +0000 tequiero21 121526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we went a year before we decided to get serious. We were still enjoying our relationship, so we weren't in a hurry. I think things switched up when we weren't getting pregnant...so I started charting and what not... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121524 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:04:52 +0000 joyjoy 121524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were sort of NTNT from Sept to Oct. I temped as BC prior to that, so I already had an idea of my cycle. I just didn't look at the thermometer for those months because I thought it would make me nervous. We started actively TTC (temping and OPKs) in Nov and Dec was our BFP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121349 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:46:25 +0000 oliviaoblivia 121349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were NTNT for three months before TTC. I would have been trying during that time, but DH wasn't totally ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121337 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:39:58 +0000 TJBee 121337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hm.... I was thinking about NTNC for a little while just to get DH used to the fact that we pulled the goalie and not freak him out too much with talk of temps and CM and DPOs. It goes against every fiber of my being (I'm a control freak too), that's why I was hoping for some stories about girls who transitioned....<br /> Doesn't sound like it's very common. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121324 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:33:37 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 121324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went from preventing straight to trying so we never did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121309 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:24:22 +0000 banana 121309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never. I'm too much of a control freak too. I don't like surprises! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121278 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:11:05 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 121278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were never TTC!<br /> We were NTNT (I had literally just gotten off the pill) when I got pregnant. I have endo and was told by my doctor it would be hard for me to conceive. We figured I wouldn't great pregnant til I had been off the pill for at least a year... SIKE! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121276 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:10:22 +0000 TJBee 121276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I know it's confusing.<br /> The way I understood it, NTNC was when you're not using any barriers (BC, pull-out...etc) but you're not actively tracking your cycles and timing your BD. You're passively allowing pregnancy to happen if/when it happens.<br /> TTC is when you're actively timing your BD and tracking cycles (charting, checking CM, ovulation predictors)...etc to ACTIVELY make pregnancy happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121264 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:04:27 +0000 LuLu Mom 121264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well we orginially said NTNT but it ended up just being TCC without keeping temps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121263 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:04:25 +0000 mrsjyw 121263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We NTNTC from October - December, then started TTC after the holiday season. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121261 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:03:55 +0000 mediagirl 121261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TJBee: okay, I know it's the acronym and it's well-used out there but...does that make sense? My brain can't compute it. Shouldn't it be not trying to conceive? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121259 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:02:38 +0000 TJBee 121259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: Not Trying Not to Conceive (or so I always thought....) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121208 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:38:14 +0000 mediagirl 121208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, I went off the pill for a few months before we started to try to conceive. It wasn't really hard but it was annoying because I wanted to try immediately, he wanted to wait a few more months. :) Ps..what does NTNC mean? I would read it as Not Trying Not Conceiving? lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121197 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:34:50 +0000 heffalump 121197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never. I wanted to.... but I'm such a planner and I was way too impatient. I liked knowing that I was doing everything I could to get pregnant asap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-were-you-ntnc-before-you-started-ttc#post-121188 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:31:39 +0000 TJBee 121188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>and what made you make the switch? </p>