https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:24:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/4#post-1592420 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:03:55 +0000 Crystal 1592420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: mine was 97.15 last month, and this month (preO, I've been anywhere between 97.0 and 97.5. It's just feels oddly high. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/4#post-1592397 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:00:12 +0000 septca 1592397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crystal: Stats -</p> <p>Month 1: 98.1<br /> Month 2: 98.0<br /> Month 3: 98.1<br /> Month 4: 97.8<br /> Month 5: 98.0<br /> Month 6: 98.0 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/4#post-1592324 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:47:30 +0000 Crystal 1592324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you temped, did your cover-line change month to month? How drastic is/was the change? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/4#post-1475528 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:14:07 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1475528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: I tend to have trouble distinguishing because it seems to be a mix of kind of a milky wet with bits of cream in it. I always just call it sticky when its like that. I get usually three days of EW though post partum with BFing I have been getting tiny patches of not super stretchy mixed in here and there with the most sticky type I mentioned. I am never really fully dry but sometimes I have less than other times. It's weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/4#post-1475517 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:10:37 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1475517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: how often are you DTD and do you track CM or anything like that? Do you spot before you period? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/4#post-1470499 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:58:34 +0000 littlek 1470499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: I go between creamy, wet and dry. As well as EWCM </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/4#post-1470489 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:56:35 +0000 septca 1470489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: yes, I mean other times you check that same day. I usually have a lot of EWCM and I don't have to go searching for it, if you get my drift... but it is usually only 3-4 times per day. The other times that day will sometimes be watery and sometimes clearly creamy. And I wonder if that is odd (I get the watery, but why the creamy?). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1470462 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:50:34 +0000 Adira 1470462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: Do you mean the same day that you have EWCM, what is it like other times you've checked (that same day)?</p> <p>I rarely have EWCM, but when I have, it might be watery first and then I'll see EWCM. I usually don't check again the same day after I've seen EWCM though - can't get more fertile than that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1470396 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:35:57 +0000 septca 1470396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On days that you have EWCM, what is it like when there is no EWCM? Creamy? Watery? Dry? All EWCM all the time? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1463925 Mon, 03 Mar 2014 13:57:47 +0000 Torchwood 1463925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsMccarthy: Yes, I'd lay with my butt on a towel (to avoid messes) and finish myself. I'm faster doing it myself anyway (30 seconds or so), so it wasn't a big deal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1462647 Mon, 03 Mar 2014 03:43:52 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1462647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsHansen82: it does depend on what's normal for you but usually it's high and velvety when you are pregnant. </p> <p>@Torchwood: how do you make yourself reach O afterwards? Do you mean that you manually attend to yourself while on your back? I usually reach O at some point but its not always when my husband does so maybe we should be trying after too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1462588 Mon, 03 Mar 2014 01:17:22 +0000 Torchwood 1462588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: This is a super delayed response, but I always made sure to orgasm after him (which neither of us prefer) and I swear it's part of why we got pregnant so quickly every time. I saw a show that actually showed how big of a difference it makes in where the sperm start out that I was totally sold on it. (They injected some kind of dye that showed up on a scan approximately where the semen would be after sex, scanned to show where it was, then had her orgasm and rescanned to show how much it had moved. It was WAY farther up in her uterus.) I know it can't be that important, given how many women get pregnant without doing it or without ever orgasming at all, but it was important to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1462579 Mon, 03 Mar 2014 01:09:14 +0000 turquoisemama 1462579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsMccarthy and anyone else with cervical tracking experience: I was actually looking for some more opinions about cervical position. I have been checking mine just out of curiosity for quite some time, and now that we're TTC, I've been doing it more regularly. Anyway right before AF it's usually low, super open and hard. Tomorrow AF is due and it's high, closed and all puffy. Just wondering if you or anyone else noticed changes right before a BFP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1448307 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 12:37:44 +0000 snowjewelz 1448307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: Then I def will be having a girl. Eww, so if we go by this, I know who o's and who doesn't :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1448302 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 12:37:00 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1448302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: mine was pretty tightly closed when I compared it to its open state this month. I was actually shocked it could close that much. </p> <p>@anyajenkins: I think you got your answer. The main thing to do with cervical checks is get to know your own pattern and remember than things like temping and CM tend to override it in importance. It took me a couple months to figure my pattern out and it still confuses me sometimes. If you aren't faint hearted the "my beautiful cervix" website can be helpful. Good luck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1448211 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 12:14:40 +0000 mrsjyw 1448211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: according to the shettles method - For a boy, the woman should try to achieve orgasm either before or at the same time as her partner – or if you are lucky enough, multiple female orgasms can help! The theory on this is that the waves of the orgasm help to draw up the sperm quicker to the egg, again the boys getting a head start on the girls.</p> <p>For a girl, Shettles recommends women avoid orgasm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1448159 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:56:43 +0000 littlek 1448159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: which gender? just curious... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1448148 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:54:08 +0000 mrsjyw 1448148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: I've heard that the (absence) of a female O does have an impact on sex/gender? Might be an old wives' tale tho </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1447701 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:30:42 +0000 Anya 1447701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1447675 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:24:19 +0000 septca 1447675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: According to my MW (and in my experience), it's always kind of open after birth, so it's really hard to distinguish that optimal HSO from the normal state of things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1447659 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:15:10 +0000 theotherstark 1447659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: Oh, boo. I'm not Gold, so hoping people still post here too!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1447489 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 07:18:42 +0000 Adira 1447489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anyajenkins: In regards to checking cervix - I stand with one foot up on the toilet and sort of bed over and use my middle finger (my longest) to check. I think mine is angled because it can be hard to find. I only know that I've found it because it feels different than everything else, haha. When it's low and firm, it feels like the tip of a nose! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1447353 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:20:16 +0000 Kimberlybee 1447353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AmeliaBedilia: ok thank you. I will post in the other thread. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1447351 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:19:44 +0000 Kimberlybee 1447351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: LOLLL! Wow....my DH and I haven't had sex in the shower in a long time, probably never will again. I was 30 lbs lighter the last time we did and one of us has to watch DD while the other one showers now. So we take turns to be in the shower. Long hot showers are such a treat for me now. LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1447266 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:52:58 +0000 AmeliaBedilia 1447266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: @Kimberlybee: Gold thread is officially up. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1447248 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:40:03 +0000 birdofafeather 1447248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: why is checking CP useless post baby? Just never goes back to normal? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1447177 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:39:16 +0000 littlek 1447177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: bahahahahahaha that's awesome </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1447146 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:20:14 +0000 Kimberlybee 1447146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AmeliaBedilia: Yes, please make this a gold thread! I haven't comment because it wasn't but I want to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1447141 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:17:52 +0000 septca 1447141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AmeliaBedilia: DO IT. I made it more open so more people would respond (in the spirit of judgement-free, all-inclusivity), but I agree that I would be more willing to share on Gold. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-totally-completely-100-flame-free-ttc-question-amnesty-thread/page/3#post-1447096 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:57:50 +0000 AmeliaBedilia 1447096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I saw a post wishing this was a gold thread. What does everyone think? I would be happy to start one, but I don't want to step on toes. :happy: </p>