https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:03:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1761415 Wed, 16 Jul 2014 07:30:03 +0000 loki 1761415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>thanks for all the tips, ladies. we didn't BD last night so i'm gonna try to find some softcups tonight and try them out! i'll keep you posted ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760837 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:43:12 +0000 MrsB2012 1760837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just laid flat on my belly. I was once told I had a tilted uterus and I heard if you have that to lay like that. Worked for me hsha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760723 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:09:08 +0000 Mrs. Coral 1760723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: The month we got a BFP, I stuck a pillow under my butt and laid there for 10-15 minutes before peeing. DH and I laughed the whole time..."you know this is just a placebo, right?!"..."I can't believe people actually think this helps!!!" Silly us...will def do it again with #2 :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760720 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:02:47 +0000 msmug 1760720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There's gotta be something to laying still for a few minutes.. After my IUIs and IVF embryo transfers, the doctors wanted me to lay still for 5 minutes before getting up. Good luck ladies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760559 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:22:49 +0000 sarahbee 1760559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Softcups worked for me after a year of being unsuccessful without them! They're not too hard to figure out but I'd practice inserting them a few times ahead of time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760554 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:17:54 +0000 googly-eyes 1760554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't do anything.</p> <p>I paid for not peeing right away once or twice with a mean uti...which lead to other let's just call them side effects, which probably seriously decreased our chances the past two months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760516 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:02:20 +0000 Sapphiresun 1760516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: Haha, I totally don't do yoga. I just googled "yoga poses" and a poster came up. Child's pose still looked like it would all trickle out, since bum was down. But yeah... you get the idea! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760349 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:00:21 +0000 loki 1760349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs tartan: oh really?! i had no idea. thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760272 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:34:26 +0000 Mrs tartan 1760272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely lie for 10 minutes before getting up and going to pee, but don't fall asleep and think its a great idea to keep it in all night, you will give yourself cystitis!<br /> Our BFP month we mostly had sex in doggy style position as I'd also heard it was closer to cervix, after 8 months something worked that month! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760262 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:28:29 +0000 loki 1760262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sapphiresun: oh that's kinda like child's pose to me. i'll trust that anecdotal evidence! trying it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760253 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:23:00 +0000 Sapphiresun 1760253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: Yeah, i didn't know what to call it to keep this suitable for work, so when I googled "yoga poses" catepillar looked most similar, but I'm meaning something like this... but you know, more comfy, unless you just really need a stretch afterward. I have no actual research to say it works, but on my 6 months plus thread someone suggested it, and we were all joking about trying it, and all of a sudden there was a slew of pregnancies from people that said they did it... haha. </p> [attach=1521/14/n8rn2c.248x248.yoga.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760250 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:22:03 +0000 mrsjyw 1760250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skibobrown: same!</p> <p>I've read that sticking your butt up, etc doesn't really actually change the path to the cervix, but lying still can't hurt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760249 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:21:56 +0000 LuLu Mom 1760249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep I turn around and prop my legs up against the wall for like 5-10 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760237 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:17:41 +0000 loki 1760237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sapphiresun: i didn't know that about positions! but it makes sense. i'll have to make some suggestions to DH (trying not to make things too clinical for him juuuust yet). caterpillar pose is supposed to help? like... sitting up, leaning over your knees? is that caterpillar pose? (I just googled and that's what i got) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760227 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:15:38 +0000 Sapphiresun 1760227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried for almost 2 years and by the end was willing to try about anything to give the swimmers a fighting chance.</p> <p>So, we started at least finishing in a from behind position (supposed to make it so the swimmers are released closer to the cervix), and then I'd hang out in caterpillar pose (bum up, head down) for a bit, or stand kind of leaning over the side of the bed. No idea if it was the reason things worked., but who knows?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760186 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:59:54 +0000 MaryM 1760186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you don't want to wait for an amazon order, I've bought them at Target and CVS, but I'm pretty sure they were more expensive there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760185 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:59:46 +0000 loki 1760185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaryM: thank you!</p> <p>this place is a wealth of knowledge! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760184 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:59:46 +0000 turquoisemama 1760184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly I tried putting my legs in the air for a couple months but the two months I got pregnant, I just fell asleep after BDing and didn't get up to pee for a couple hours. Either that or I made sure to lay there for like a half hour. I think I switch positions too, flipping from back to side a couple times. I was convinced that would help everything get where it needed to go. Who knows! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760181 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:59:21 +0000 loki 1760181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HolisticMama: amazing, thanks!<br /> @KelLeeLeee: totally worth a try then! i'm gonna pick some up tomorrow :)</p> <p>@simplyfelicity: i was worried about that too... i had utis a lot as a kid so i ALWAYS go instantly after sex. not anymore though. i'm willing to risk it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760180 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:59:13 +0000 MaryM 1760180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: I use the disposable softcups (they do have reusable ones) and the ones I use are $5 for 14</p> <p>here's a link if you want to look later <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Instead-Softcups-Feminine-Protection-Count/dp/B000X29GY6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1405447098&#038;sr=8-2&#038;keywords=instead" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Instead-Softcups-Feminine-Protection-Count/dp/B000X29GY6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1405447098&#038;sr=8-2&#038;keywords=instead</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760174 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:57:27 +0000 MrsKRB 1760174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: disposable, and I think less than $5 for a box on Amazon, I wanna say there's like 15 in a box? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760172 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:56:53 +0000 simplyfelicity 1760172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually would lay down for a couple minutes max and then get up and go pee. I have gotten UTIs in the past and don't want to tempt fate. I say, whatever helps the swimmers, do it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760170 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:56:49 +0000 HolisticMama 1760170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: The lunette is a bit pricey, but can be used for menstruation, as well...time and time again. </p> <p>You can get cheap soft cups that are disposableish (use for one cycle).<br /> About $5.<br /> <a href="http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=408841&#038;catid=184076&#038;aid=338666&#038;aparam=408841&#038;kpid=408841" rel="nofollow">http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=408841&#038;catid=184076&#038;aid=338666&#038;aparam=408841&#038;kpid=408841</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760167 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:55:24 +0000 loki 1760167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HolisticMama: @MaryM: i don't wanna do toooo much research while at work so question... are they pricey? reusable or they disposable after each use? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760155 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:51:32 +0000 MaryM 1760155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also started using instead softcups last month. I have no idea if it will help us conceive or not, but I certainly feel a lot less gross in the morning if everything is "contained" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760151 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:50:37 +0000 HolisticMama 1760151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loki: I am still getting used to mine, so this month it was like probably 4 hours, because I fell asleep with it in and then probably 2 for the other night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760143 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:48:25 +0000 loki 1760143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@KelLeeLeee: @HolisticMama: omg i had no idea such things existed. yes, internet. i might have to pick something like this up in a few months if i don't get a BFP. how long are you supposed to leave it in for? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760110 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:41:11 +0000 skibobrown 1760110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just stuck a pillow under my bum and lounged in bed for about 15 mins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1760017 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:11:19 +0000 HolisticMama 1760017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my BFP this month and it was the first time that we used the lunaette cup afterwards. DH was the one who made me put it in.<br /> <a href="http://www.lunette.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lunette.com/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maybe-tmi-what-do-you-do-after#post-1759987 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:01:35 +0000 renee 1759987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just lay there for 15-30 minutes (usually we'll watch a TV show on my computer). I've read that propping your bum up/putting your legs up doesn't really do anything extra that just lying there does… but it does seem to make sense that it would! </p>