https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 02:10:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing/page/2#post-1619833 Wed, 07 May 2014 16:10:14 +0000 pmrlady 1619833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it also depends on whether you care or not about timing... If you don't care whether you get pregnant the first month or the 6th month or even a year from now, then you can just BD whenever you want. If you want to get pregnant as soon as possible then you'll likely pay attention to your cycle and BD close to ovulation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing/page/2#post-1619459 Wed, 07 May 2014 13:57:34 +0000 pui 1619459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think people get the definition of NTNP wrong. IMO, NTNP means not charting, not using OPKs and just having sex whenever you feel like it. As soon as you know when you are Oing and you don't avoid sex on that day, I call that trying. I think you can only truly be NTNP if you don't know your cycles at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing/page/2#post-1619452 Wed, 07 May 2014 13:56:16 +0000 daniellemybelle 1619452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Hedgehog: "We knew how babies were made" - that was us basically. We were sorta-kinda-not really using NFP to prevent but we also knew that having a baby was a possibility if we didn't use protection &amp; that was fine with us. Still, we were surprised when we got pregnant because I had always thought we would have to "try" because of irregular cycles, cysts, etc. I'm glad &amp; grateful it was easy though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing/page/2#post-1617923 Tue, 06 May 2014 22:55:04 +0000 wonderstruck 1617923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@QBbride: Yeah, I think my friends would agree. When I started using OPKs and temping they were all clueless and had never done anything like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1617917 Tue, 06 May 2014 22:48:39 +0000 QBbride 1617917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wonderstruck: I agree with you. DH and I are planning on using protection until we are thinking of another baby, then I would consider us ttc.</p> <p>I guess what I meant from the original question is that within my real life friends, "ttc" means pulling the goalie without all the extra effort/monitoring. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1617912 Tue, 06 May 2014 22:40:21 +0000 wonderstruck 1617912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pmrlady: That's your definition, but personally I think that if you are not using protection and would not mind having another baby, I would call that TTC. Because while percentage-wise the odds appear to be low, I know wayyyyy too many 'oops' babies to not think of any form of sex without protection as TTC. Clearly not everyone agrees, that's pretty much what the thread is about, but that's what I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1617774 Tue, 06 May 2014 20:51:47 +0000 Reese 1617774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rattles: Yep. This. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1617663 Tue, 06 May 2014 20:14:40 +0000 pmrlady 1617663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wonderstruck: I think NTNP is for people who wouldn't mind getting pregnant if it happens but they are not actively trying to make it happen, meaning they are not trying to target sex during ovulation, using opks, charting, monitoring CM, etc...<br /> For example people who already have 1 child and they wouldn't mind having a second but they are not putting any effort into it, just leaving it up to chance (and its only a 30% chance if you BD at the perfect time)</p> <p>Whereas "TTC" is trying to control the situation by doing as much as you can to increase the chances of getting pregnant ASAP.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1617369 Tue, 06 May 2014 18:36:31 +0000 Mommy Finger 1617369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rattles: I think this is the perfect way to describe it. </p> <p>We pulled the goalie earlier than planned b/c I was to lazy to fill my bcp one month. I figured I would just track when my period was via the MyDays app and sort of go from there. We were definitely open to pregnancy but we weren't actively trying to have a baby. Of course, I forgot to check on my timing one month and 9 months later. . . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616849 Tue, 06 May 2014 14:43:00 +0000 ALV91711 1616849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@indi: This is how I've always heard it referred as. </p> <p>I didn't hear of NTNP until online. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616752 Tue, 06 May 2014 14:27:44 +0000 googly-eyes 1616752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wonderstruck: I get that too! If I had gotten pregnant I still would have called that child "planned" rather than a "surprise" or an "oopsy baby" because we were open to another child. I guess ntnp has been more "not trying very hard." :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616731 Tue, 06 May 2014 14:24:00 +0000 indi 1616731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Radish: We always called it "not trying not to." You're not hoping for a pregnancy, but you know you're not preventing it, so may the odds be ever in your favor. LOL.<br /> @Corduroy: Yeah, that's how I feel about NTNP - gearing up for the phase when you're actively trying to get pregnant. If it happened earlier, super, but you aren't yet feeling the urgency of makeababynow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616644 Tue, 06 May 2014 14:01:30 +0000 Pumuckl 1616644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: this is pretty much how I see it. </p> <p>We aren't using BC so if we end up pregnant that's great but I also won't be disappointed if I get AF. TTC would be to pay attention to cycles and time BD accordingly. </p> <p>I guess NTNP is the most laid back approach to a possible pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616543 Tue, 06 May 2014 13:35:36 +0000 rattles 1616543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think openness to a pregnancy is the same thing as actively trying for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616538 Tue, 06 May 2014 13:34:12 +0000 wonderstruck 1616538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Radish: Hah! I agree that is a more accurate phrase. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616529 Tue, 06 May 2014 13:32:26 +0000 Corduroy 1616529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think of myself as NTNP at the moment. I got my IUD removed so we can TTC but I'm waiting a couple cycles before charting etc. I guess I could be considered TTC but it doesn't seem like my odds are good and I'm not really 'trying' to accomplish anything at the moment. </p> <p>The last three people to announce their pregnancies to me IRL "were planning to try soon." I take that to mean they were NTNP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616465 Tue, 06 May 2014 13:16:02 +0000 Radish 1616465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think NTNP should really be called tempting fate. I think if you aren't protecting, then you are kind of trying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616443 Tue, 06 May 2014 13:11:19 +0000 Adira 1616443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard of NTNP pre-Hellobee.</p> <p>I'm pretty sure NTNP is exactly what it means: you're not trying, but you're not preventing. As in, you have sex when you feel like it and if you get knocked up, great, but if you don't, no biggy!</p> <p>TTC means you're actively trying, at the very least probably upping the sex counter if nothing else! When we were NTNP, we didn't change anything - I didn't temp, we didn't have sex more often, we just weren't on BC! And I wasn't surprised or disappointed when AF showed up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616415 Tue, 06 May 2014 13:05:19 +0000 wonderstruck 1616415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: I guess I just see having sex without using protection as trying to get pregnant. Like I said, if you aren't using protection and you don't want to get pregnant, I don't understand that. But then again, I've never been in a position like you describe where I wanted to have another but didn't care how soon it happened - DH and I never stop using protection until we're fully ready and want to get pregnant.</p> <p>For people who don't want to get pregnant but don't believe in birth control, I'd still consider charting to prevent pregnancy to be preventing. If they're not even doing that...well, go back to what I said before.</p> <p>I guess I just really can't wrap my mind around NTNP because I'm such a planner, I hate leaving things to chance! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616390 Tue, 06 May 2014 12:59:55 +0000 LuLu Mom 1616390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard it around my group of friends all the time. If someone isn't necessarily trying for a baby but if it happens great, I think that is NTNP. That's where we are. We would like a spring 2015 baby, so we aren't shutting the gates down but would like to wait another month or two before trying. However, if it happens then it was meant to be! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616372 Tue, 06 May 2014 12:55:34 +0000 googly-eyes 1616372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wonderstruck: the only time we have ntnp is when we wanted to have another but weren't set on doing that right away, so we sort of left it to chance. Seems like that's the only time I hear of others ntnp too. But I guess in that scenario we were ttc? Idk. </p> <p>What about people who don't believe in using bc?</p> <p>Ntnp is a weird thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616311 Tue, 06 May 2014 12:39:05 +0000 wonderstruck 1616311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard it other places besides HB, but honestly I've never really liked this term. I think, like some others have said, that there are just some different levels of TTC. NTNP is just weird to me...if you're not preventing and you want to get pregnant, then I'd say you're trying. If you're not preventing and you don't want to get pregnant...well, personally, then I'm confused. LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616289 Tue, 06 May 2014 12:30:50 +0000 MaryM 1616289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Hedgehog: That's pretty much exactly what DH and I were doing. </p> <p>We did get KU while NTNP. The main difference between then and now, is that I wasn't poring over my charts daily, so I didn't even POAS until 20+ DPO. </p> <p>Now come day 9 or 10, I'm itching to pee on something.</p> <p>I wish I could go back to NTNP...but I think once you "try" it's nearly impossible to really go back!</p> <p>But even still, now I feel like I'm more in the TTC limbo. I know I'm not "trying" as hard as some (I haven't forced or planned BDing on specific days) but I am charting more intensely and using OPKs to verify if my cycles are returning to normal) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616269 Tue, 06 May 2014 12:26:18 +0000 simplyfelicity 1616269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kjpugs: BAHAHAHAHA! I feel the same way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616268 Tue, 06 May 2014 12:25:57 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 1616268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For us, we weren't trying but we weren't preventing either. It wasn't our goal to have a baby but we also understood how babies were made and were aware that it could happen. And, if it did great! If it didn't, that would be great too. We didn't end up getting pregnant until we actively decided to turn our fun time into a more productive fun. We paid attention to ovulation at thay point where we hadn't been when we were NTNP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616266 Tue, 06 May 2014 12:25:35 +0000 cookiemomster 1616266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd heard of it before hellobee/any parenting forums. I think for some people it's less stressful to think "whatever happens happens" than to think of themselves as putting effort into making a baby. We were "ntnp" for about.... A minute before I realized going with the flow isn't for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616246 Tue, 06 May 2014 12:18:26 +0000 littlek 1616246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@QBbride: I feel the same way, you are either preventing or trying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616239 Tue, 06 May 2014 12:16:09 +0000 kjpugs 1616239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it is a lot like being a "vegetarian." There's a technical "definition" (and lots of subsets, like pescitarian, vegan, etc) but it's VERY easy/common for people to use the term but mean something somewhat different. I think NTNP's meaning is different depending who is using it!!!!!!!!! Very "You're a vegetarian, but you eat fish?" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616224 Tue, 06 May 2014 12:10:33 +0000 Mae 1616224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it is a term common to people in a lot of online fertility/pregnancy/parenting forums to separate people who are "passively trying" (i.e. not preventing) vs. "actively trying" (charting/opks/etc) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-ntnp-a-hellobee-thing#post-1616210 Tue, 06 May 2014 12:05:27 +0000 mediagirl 1616210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think there are two groups:<br /> 1. Not using protection anymore so if they have a kid, great!<br /> 2. Not using protection anymore, we won't get pregnant, though. Two months later - OMG, we had an oops baby!!! </p>