https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 07:11:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/3#post-1281287 Sat, 14 Dec 2013 01:59:47 +0000 sarac 1281287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some of us have little to no expectation of actually getting pregnant through just having sex, and it's a hell of a lot less depressing to not prevent than it is to actively try each month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1281286 Sat, 14 Dec 2013 01:56:06 +0000 sarac 1281286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me, it meant tracking my cycles (because I am interested), not using protection, and having sex whenever we felt like it. When we switched to thinking 'hey, I'm ovulating, let's make sure to do it these days', I figured we had gone back to trying to conceive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1281281 Sat, 14 Dec 2013 01:48:35 +0000 Penny Lane 1281281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>to me, the difference is ACTIVELY trying (charting, tracking CM, OPKs, blah blah blah), vs like others have pointed out, INactively trying, by simply not using birth control methods</p> <p>I would say we "tried" to conceive our first, since I was tracking BBT and we deliberately timed our sexy times around O. I say we were NTNP when we conceived our second, since my cycle hadn't properly come back after giving birth to our first, so we were just getting jiggy with it whenever we felt like it (or whenever the baby was asleep deep enough -__-) but we were deliberately not using BC, because we were okay with me falling pregnant again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1281263 Sat, 14 Dec 2013 00:33:02 +0000 owlteach 1281263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chibee: This exactly, but maybe its because I have control issues :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1280777 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:48:58 +0000 Dandelion 1280777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: I feel the same way about this LO. It wasn't a real surprise, because I was paying attention, but I was amazed that I actually got pregnant from the few O signs I knew I had. I also didn't think it would happen right away, and I was going to be ok if it took a few more months. </p> <p>I think others were right when they say it was something that's about your mindset. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1280756 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:36:56 +0000 pui 1280756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LemonLong: Well if you were not charting your temperature or CM or anything there is a very good chance that is the case! It's impossible to tell when you O'd based on just when you got your period. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1280751 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:32:48 +0000 LemonLong 1280751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For us I still tracked my period and we avoided sex on what would be my fertile days according to my period tracker (based on days only, no temping) but knew if we got pregnant it wouldn't be a big deal. I think my app must be off, because both times I swear I've conceived outside my supposed fertile window! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1280741 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:25:25 +0000 dc yoga bee 1280741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: I've had a long day, and I'm still at work. Your response gave me a much needed laugh. :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1280728 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:15:12 +0000 PawPrints 1280728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh I think there's a huge difference between TTC and NTNP. TTC is practically a part-time job, it involves lots of education and planning and effort. NTNP is just having sex the same way you always did, minus the birth control. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1280717 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:10:44 +0000 artsyfartsy 1280717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No birth control, no tracking O, no DTD at specific times. Just DTD when you feel like it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1280700 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:00:22 +0000 Vegmama 1280700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: To us, it was not tracking, and having sex whenever without really thinking about pulling out (I was not on BC for years before we started TTC). TTC for me was tracking my temp, ovulation stripes, and really trying to have more sex during my peak fertility window. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1280311 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:52:25 +0000 Kimberlybee 1280311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chrispygal: yes that sums it up just right! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1280302 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:50:08 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1280302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were NTNP. Not tracking other than I used an app on my phone to track when my period came so I kind of had an idea when it would show up. Didn't know when I O'd. Didn't time anything, just did it when we wanted. To me TTC is opks, timing sex with ovulation, charting.. etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1280286 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:45:58 +0000 lioneyes 1280286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think right now I am NTNP even though I am tracking O "just because"... in my case it means pulling the goalie and seeing what happens, but not timing BD. I am only tracking O so I have a sense of when it comes for when I want to actively TTC in a few months, which, as a crazy planner, means stuff from the "pulling out all the stops this cycle" board. This throwing caution to the wind deal is new for me, and I think should help w/ my crazy planner tendencies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1280011 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:18:41 +0000 buffalove 1280011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I considered myself to be NTNP for a few months last summer - had just gone off BC in July and wasn't going to start actively TTC with OPK's until Sept. This was mostly b/c if I'd conceived right away (July or August), the due date would have conflicted with some stuff we have going on in 2014, but at the same time I would have been totally ok and happy to get pregnant that quickly, and by no means would it have been the end of the world. We knew every time we had sex that it could result in baby, and I have to say it was a little exciting to see if AF would come or not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1279970 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:07:14 +0000 LovelyPlum 1279970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Greentea: I agree, I think it has to do with your attitude. I think of NTNP as a "we'll see what happens" attitude, regardless of whether you are tracking or not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1279969 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:06:10 +0000 BSB 1279969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as others, NTNP means no tracking, no OPKs... just winging it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1279966 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:05:44 +0000 littlek 1279966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sketchbook: I agree.. I think there is a huge mental part to getting pregnant... and if you are more relaxed than that is a good thing... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1279957 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:02:53 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 1279957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: I think it is a matter of degree that is purposeful? Like. Some people can be wanting to get preg. and not be forcing it. Like if your body lets you know you are O and you take advantage, I guess that is TTC...but that is a lot less stressful than what TTC used to mean for me which was actually DTD every day after my AF ended until two days after I got a positive OPK. That was active TTC and extremely stressful!</p> <p>Then again I have some friends who, for religious reasons, are always open to more. They just go about their sex lives. I guess that is true NTNP, but that is more like 'I'm neutral about getting pregnant' vs 'I want to be preg but I am neutral about how I get there or how soon.' </p> <p>Then there's NTNP people who actually don't want to be preg! And that's just asking for trouble! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1279871 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:40:31 +0000 MrsSCB 1279871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: Hahaha, good point. It's a video game that you want to be really bad at so you're out on the first level :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1279870 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:40:20 +0000 chrispygal 1279870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @blackbird. You're either trying to prevent or trying to get pregnant. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1279864 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:39:10 +0000 bhbee 1279864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: yeah, I bet most of us on here are too type-A to NTNP (unless recently had a baby perhaps). there's definitely no middle ground for me - perhaps especially true because I have issues but it's more about me liking information and control. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1279860 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:37:54 +0000 littlek 1279860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSCB: hahahaha except the goal is not to get to the next level.. :) unless that is the pregnant level.. you want to find the princess right away :) (mario bros reference) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1279855 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:36:13 +0000 MrsSCB 1279855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Agreed. If you're NTNP and having unprotected sex, I would hope you actively want a baby, otherwise you should probably be using protection. So I don't really consider it different from TTC. To me it's more like the first level of TTC. Like casual TTC. And then charting, using OPKs, etc. is a second, more intense level. And now I'm making TTC sound like a video game, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1279845 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:33:22 +0000 Anagram 1279845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I think a lot of people use the "surprise" term differently--from the 15 year old who gets KU on the first try because she doesn't really understand how dtd works, to the woman who's been told she's infertile who conceives 6 years later.</p> <p>I was definitely a little shocked when I got pregnant, just because I's read *just enough* on WB to become misinformed. So many people there were using OPKs and charting and worring, I was convinced that at my age I would probably have to wait 6-12 months and then go to a specialist of some kind. When we stopped preventing, I totally didn't think about it at all (was busy at work and then had family vist) and didn't notice my period didn't come till I was almost 4 weeks pregnant. Then I tested and was pretty shocked. I mean, obviously it was a happy surprise and we knew it could happen, but we didn't think it would happen with one try. I've always had crazy cycles and had no clue as to when I was ovulating.</p> <p>I think it's a valid feeling for someone to be surprised, even if they know they aren't preventing and they know how babies are made. Although I admit, when there are "bad surprises" I get a little skeptical myself, since it seems to be fairly obvious to me how to NOT have a baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1279842 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:32:37 +0000 littlek 1279842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: TBH, I think the realization of a BFP is a "surprise" just because you are happy and you only have a shot of 20% each cycle.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1279837 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:31:13 +0000 googly-eyes 1279837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: I don't call dd a surprise baby but I would still say I was surprised I was pregnant. Does that make sense at all? We wanted a baby but for I honestly thought we would be ttc longer. (Not complaining but I really felt surprised!)</p> <p>Ntnp is exactly what it says to me. Not trying as in no timing no opks nothing. No protecting as in when you happen to dtd you don't worry about bc at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1279836 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:31:13 +0000 littlek 1279836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chibee: Agree </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1279835 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:30:45 +0000 pui 1279835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: I wish I didn't have to know about them. Oh man, how I wish that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-ntnp-mean-to-you/page/2#post-1279830 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:29:35 +0000 littlek 1279830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: Agree... I thought OPKs were for people that took awhile to conceive... My friend offered me her OPKs when I told her a few years ago we were looking to have a baby and I laughed because I was just like, all you do is have sex... but this website has taught me about OPKs, charting, etc.. Some times I wish I didn't know about them... </p>