There's been a few threads floating around the past few days about propping your butt up and it's been a "successful" technique in getting a sticky baby. Average propped up reported time around the hive was 15-20 minutes. I tried this technique the other night and about a minute of having my butt propped up/feet up in the air, it started oozing out. #fail
Does anyone have leakage/trickling while their butt it propped up?
blogger / pomelo / 5361 posts
Me, too!! I'm glad i'm not the only butt-propping failure. I think I must not have the technique right. Maybe I just need to have a higher angle.
grapefruit / 4006 posts
Yes. Always happens. But! I think some stays up there and that is enough. We conceived by getting busy 3 days before i ovulated. Dont worry too much about it. All you need is one swimmer to make his way there and hang out for awhile 
bananas / 9628 posts
Lol, yup, but I think all the important stuff starts to migrate up and the dribble isn't a big deal. I've read about people using instead cups (disposable period catcher cups kinda like a diaphragm) to hold it all up closer to your cervix.
persimmon / 1453 posts
I personally didn't try this--I always made a deposit at the porcelain sperm bank ASAP--but it could be that you're tilting your hips out. (When you stand with proper posture your hips should be parallel to the ground, like a bowl, not tipped forward with your booty sticking out.)
honeydew / 7504 posts
I think, no matter what you do and how long you prop, you're going to have oozing. There's only so many places for that stuff to go. I read once that propping doesn't really do much, anyway - when the guy ejaculates, all the important stuff is right up there by the cervix and will get where it needs to be pretty much right away.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
Yes, I would always have leaking propped or not. We freaked out and looked it up online. Everything said it was normal and the sperms shoot up and in and enough get in there that it still works. I still was able to get pregnant twice!
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
Glad to know I wasn't doing it completely wrong. haha!
@Minnie_Girl: Good point! I'll be sure to tuck in my core and see if that helps.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@Alivoo01: What's even worse than the leakage when you're propped up is when you've been laying there for 30 minutes and then you get up to use the restroom and it feels like EVERYTHING just comes drizzling out!!! WTF is with that!!!
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
Yeah just be prepared to get new pillow cases if you are using a pillow to prop. There's always some leakage.
squash / 13764 posts
I just used a tissue to help stop things up until I went to the bathroom.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
I take an old rag and use it to hold the stuff in. Then my husband helps me put undies on while I'm getting propped up. It keeps the stuff from running down my legs and makes cleaning up later easier.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
@adira I remember reading somewhere that after 20-30 minutes the semen goes from being sticky to more liquid because all of the healthy sperm should be in the cervix by then.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@Leialou: Ah ha! THAT explains it! Thank you so much! I had no idea! I thought all my efforts were being wasted!
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6703 posts
I'd usually prop for about 5 minutes. Try clenching or doing Kegels, even crossing your ankles.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
This is disgusting and hilarious.
And, to be perfectly honest, I was just thinking about the leakage and propping this morning (we aren't TTC for a couple more months). My plan was to keep an old towel next to the bed and put it down over the pillow. I like my pillows.
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6703 posts
We also had one pillow designated just for this task. It has a pillow case that is washed quite often!
persimmon / 1491 posts
thank you @Alivoo01!!!
i laughed a little when i frist read this...as i have been trying to come up with a way to ask this question...i hought we were doing something wrong....LOL
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
@MrsCastro: I thought it was TMI, but I needed to know what I was doing wrong. I want a sticky baby and every little bit helps. haha! Plus, the ladies here are always so helpful and non-judgmental so I went for it. Glad it helped some others out too! Made me feel better about "oversharing".
cantaloupe / 6206 posts
Hahahah this thread is so awesome because 1) it exists and 2) i read the title and said "YES I HAVE THAT PROBLEM TOO!". 
cantaloupe / 6164 posts
haha i love this thread. since we weren't actively trying, i haven't been doing any butt lifting. we were trying some new stuff (tmi?) so we actually leaked quite a bit every time we did the deed. and, hey, we still got pregnant this month! i think when he "goes" that's when his little swimmers race toward the finish line. the stuff that leaks is unimportant.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@photojane: Your post just gave me hope! Hubs and I have been trying some new stuff too, haha, so I've been worried about how that's affecting my chances, so THANK YOU for posting that!
apricot / 368 posts
Definitely. This blog was suggested to me on the WeddingBee, but it talks about this. LMAO.
http://ambergontrail.com/2009/03/04/its-official/
PS, I use soft cups after BD. Almost no mess if you put them in right =)
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