https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:52:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office/page/2#post-345627 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:07:23 +0000 Dapple Grey 345627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get pee stage fright! Too much pressure to pee on demand and have it land (mostly) in a Dixie cup! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office/page/2#post-345623 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:01:56 +0000 Foodnerd81 345623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cranberryapple: I do that too (start, stop, start and collect). I think you are actually supposed to do that for medical screenings because it is more clean (ie any bacteria near the opening gets flushed away). Doesn't matter for HPT but I still do it. </p> <p>@Mrs. Tricycle: Hope I help someone avoid pee pee shoes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office/page/2#post-345603 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:45:27 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 345603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: nice. I don't think I've ever read such a scientific breakdown before. This should improve my technique. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office/page/2#post-345600 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:45:06 +0000 pinkcupcake 345600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: Hahahaha! Oh no, pee on the floor?</p> <p>I'm pretty good at "aiming" into the cup! Hahahaha. I just have to make sure to pee really slow :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office/page/2#post-345594 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:42:24 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 345594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: hahaha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office/page/2#post-345536 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:14:10 +0000 cranberryapple 345536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I surprised myself when I peed into a jar for the first time in YEARS to take my ovulation/pregnancy tests. I think I only got it on my hands twice, but I put the cup really close. Supposedly, I read somewhere that you should pee a little first and then collect the sample and once when I tried that, it took awhile for my bladder muscles to work to stop the pee! &gt;_&lt; </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office/page/2#post-345535 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:13:28 +0000 prettylizy 345535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Terrible!!! Sometimes it went right in the cup, other times it was askew, not a good scene. I really don't miss that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office/page/2#post-345531 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:11:49 +0000 cranberryapple 345531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: Hahahaha, this must be a "pumpkin" thing! =P Few can achieve this!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office/page/2#post-345479 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:31:03 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 345479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a little PTSD. I use to have to do random drug testing when I was on probation (opps). I still envision my PO standing there watching me EVERY. TIME. I have to pee in a cup. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-345458 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:17:23 +0000 anonysquire 345458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So bad at it. I can aim into the cup but I am either too full or too empty. I went a couple weeks ago and got like a tablespoon and it was so orange, I was so embarassed that I was dehydrated, I hadn't even dranken anything for like 2 days. I was so stressed that I forgot. Every other time my bladder is full so I fill up the cup and it overflows. Yuck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-345456 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:15:10 +0000 CATWOMAN 345456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-345218 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:22:00 +0000 DillonLion 345218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: Haha glad to hear it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-345215 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:20:21 +0000 mrsjyw 345215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>awww!</p> <p>i've mastered it... the only time i messed up was when i totally had preggo brain and peed while i was writing my name on the cup.... and then couldn't go for another 30 min! LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-345170 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:03:43 +0000 aprk 345170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: I hope you know I am laughing WITH you right now. I needed that chuckle today! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-345161 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:59:51 +0000 knittylady 345161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was horrible when TTC! I can't imagine how bad I'll be when I've got a belly. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-345131 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:48:09 +0000 Mrsbells 345131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got pretty good at it but then towards the end, I would always forget to pee in the cup. I would need to pee so bad that I would be holding cup and I would just pee into the toilet and only rememeber after I was done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-345127 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:46:27 +0000 Shutterbug 345127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't had to pee in a cup at the doctor since I started TTC, but after 7 months of peeing in cups for OPKs and HPTs, I feel like I'm a pro, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-345117 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:41:15 +0000 wheres_c 345117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can do it like a champ at the doctors office.</p> <p>I was stuck in traffic last week on the highway - it was shut down completely due to a traffic accident. I really had to go and luckily I had a paper cup in the car. I tried to use my doctors office skills while in a parked car. Let's just say I was not as skilled that time :( and the cup was a little on the small side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-345062 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:25:36 +0000 Arden 345062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha, I'm sorry.<br /> I don't identify though, I've never had issues with peeing anywhere but inside the cup. I HAVE had to pee right before I get to the office though, and then had to guzzle water to pee again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-345021 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:13:19 +0000 MamaMoose 345021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: I had to do a pee sample at a drug test place once for a job. And the lady working there spilled the whole thing out!! I had to hang out and chug water until I could go again!</p> <p>I'm at the hospital right now getting checked out and I successfully peed in the cup with zero spillage. I thought of you all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-345012 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:10:41 +0000 oahujeni 345012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: your story sounds just like my visit every month (now every two weeks!) Can't they invent some kind of throw-away funnel that makes it impossible to pee on your hand??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-344917 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:30:01 +0000 MediaNaranja 344917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: For a few summers I worked at an outdoor recreation/camping program for inner city kids. It was always a little awkward on the 1st day when I had to teach the girls how to squatty potty w/out peeing all over themselves, ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-344908 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:26:40 +0000 cyndistar3 344908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am pretty amazing at it now! I had to pee in a little paper cup at each prenatal to test my glucose and protein so I got good pretty quick, I used to have to remove all clothing from the waist down too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-344899 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:24:03 +0000 ladyfingers 344899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LOL! I'm pretty good at it. I just remember one time, though, I had to give a urine sample at the hospital, I was really sick (long story) and it took me forever to give the sample. I actually had to leave the bathroom so they could do other tests, then go back to try to pee again. I finally peed out enough and I set the cup on the sink and somehow in the process of wiping and everything I swiped the whole thing onto the floor. OMG I was so upset! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-344895 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:22:16 +0000 chopsuey 344895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: hah yeap. maybe it's my upbringing. we did a lot of peeing outdoors while we were on vacay and back in korea I had to pee squatting all the time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-344892 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:21:35 +0000 DillonLion 344892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Exactly!! I mean...I have to feel and what am I supposed to use besides my hand? LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-344891 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:21:10 +0000 Foodnerd81 344891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: Right now you can absolutely blame it on the belly. I cannot imagine doing it without being able to see where it's starting from! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-344884 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:19:36 +0000 autumnlove 344884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm good at it now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-344881 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:18:19 +0000 DillonLion 344881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Oh yes, can I blame it on balance/not being able to see ANYTHING down there at this point? I mean it doesn't excuse the whole beginning of pregnancy, but maybe I can get away with it now with less embarrassment.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-how-good-are-you-at-providing-a-urine-specimen-at-the-docs-office#post-344879 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:17:21 +0000 Foodnerd81 344879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have just realized how much I have to thank my sister for. She taught me to squat/hover over a bar toilet AND how to squat and pee outside. Thank god I have her! The trick with peeing outside to is tilt your pelvis way back so the stream goes down, not forward, and to have your butt face down hill so the pee goes away from your feet when it hits the ground.<br /> I am getting pretty good at peeing in a cup with the dollar store HPTs. The stick kind I still pee all over my hand. But I've never tried to do it 9 months pregnant-- I'm thinking that might affect your balance just a little? </p>