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I think you can be TTC (Try To Conceive) and not be charting, taking temps/OPKs, checking cervix, etc etc.
This is our 7th cycle of TTC but first month of taking temps and using OPKs.
And what I was doing before is BDing around my fertile period. :D
@regberadaisy: I think most people on here don't think you are unless you're doing all of these things. I feel like an outsider sometimes lol. What is BD?
From what I understand BD= baby dancing. If not, it works anyway.
@regberadaisy: Ditto. We just did a whole lot of BDing around when I thought I was fertile. Worked for us.
We have been TTC for awhile, but only using OPKs for 2 months. I don't temp. I still think that means we are TTC! I just think there are variations of how much you are monitoring.
http://wiki.weddingbee.com/Abbreviations#Common_Baby_Related_Abbreviations
Yuppers BD = Baby Dancing.
Agreed.
Some choose to start by charting for months beforehand and temping. And doing OPKs, checking cervix, etc etc.
We chose to start by knowing when I was fertile and BDing every other day (as recommended) around then. Just trying to go au naturale.
Which obvs did not help us! So now we are OPK and temping.
Some people can do ALL that and not get pregnant in a year. Some can be NTNT and get pregnant the first cycle.
Who knows!
We're NTNT, but I'm charting and keeping track of cervical fluids because I want to know when my fertile days are. This is my first time being off the pill (week three!) in six years, and before that I never ever had a normal cycle that I know of...I just never paid attention. Now I am, and more than anything I'm just excited to get to know my body better and in a more...womanly fashion I suppose.
I must admit, I dont really get the difference between TTC and NTNT, surely if you make a conscious decision not to use any contraception then you are TTC.
I always thought that NTNT means (pull it out and) see what happens while TTC is more of a conscious effort to BD during your fertile days.
We are NTNT, getting ready to TTC soon.
I am so freaking confused now. I was told (when posting on a TTC thread), around here, that you are NTNT unless you are charting, checking fluids and temps. So, someone PLEASE tell us what the diff is!
I think NTNT means that you're really not paying attention and having intercourse whenever, if you get pregant--great, if you don't--that's okay. Actively trying is trying intending to get pregnant whether you or not you use charting and all that it entails.
@beekiss: Hummm....I got off the pill. We would love to have a baby, but if not right now then fine. Just whenever it happens, on it's own. I don't chart or anything. We don't BD only when I'm fertile. Since we don't know that anyway, due to nt charting. What do you consider that to be?
Hmmm, we're NTNT but I'm charting (only temps) at the same time because I have PCOS and need to know if I'm ovulating or not... It's more to detect that than to figure out my fertile days. So, somewhere in the middle!
@PrncssDva: I know this sounds weird but it's kind of a state of your mind. Like I really hope I get pregnant versus I'm okay if I don't get pregnant right now. I see TTC as something that's being actively done. I don't think, though, having sex outside of the fertile window disallows TTC. It's what YOU feel you're doing. Personally, I'd call it not trying/not avoiding instead of not trying not to. Like MissMaine, I'll be doing cervical checks and tempinng when we start our marriage but I'm going to call it NTNT in the first 6 months since it won't be my absolute intent when I have sex to get pregnant if that makes sense.
I think you explain it best. :)
Lots of girls chart for months before TTC so that they already are familiar with their body before actively trying.
@beekiss: That helps a lot more than what lots of Bees are saying. It's almost like a club..either you're in or out! lol
@regberadaisy: THANK YOU for posting the wiki article...I had NO idea what the ladies were talking about on the Baby boards and was too shy to ask. :D
I'm glad I can help. And yeah, it does kind of seem like a club. Although for me and I'm sure others, they hope they're not in either club for too long. It's almost reassuring though when you're NTNT to become pregnant. Best of luck!!!
@beekiss: YEAH!! We have our own club now.... Thanks ans you too
@PrncssDva: Oh, and p.s., you might not have any choice about checking/noticing CM. Just sayin'.
@septcabride: Agreed. Depending on your body, you may produce a LOT of CM. But coming off oral contraceptives, your body produces a lot and then you eventually dry up and have CM around the fertile types (typically) unless you're like me and have a whacked out body, continuous fertile type CM.
@septcabride: I most def notice it, but I am just not interested in figuring out what certain colors/textures mean to help with getting pregnant.
@PrncssDva: I totally understand, but I couldn't help noticing, after I came off BCP, that things were happening that I never noticed/had while on BCP.
I totally respect your laid back attitude towards this. In fact, I am kind of jealous. Good luck!
@septcabride: LOL....believe me, it's a battle but I have to do it for my sanity. I, most def, am confused about some things....like this continued cramping, but hopefully my AF will come soon and I will be free (as in knowing that things are normal). I can't believe that I just said that!! LOL
I was charting for months to avoid (maybe 8 or so) and just to get to know my cycles (so temps, CM, the whole thing). We decided to start trying, but due to traveling we thought our first month of trying would be pretty weak because we could only DTD once in the fertile window. Figured the next cycle we'd go at TTC full force. Well, we got pregnant right away. I do think it helped that I understood my cycles so well or it wouldn't have happened so easily.
As far as he was concerned we were NTNT, but I was aware of my typical cycle length, and i was checking my CM daily, so while I wasn't yet temperature charting, I was doing a bit more than Bd'ing when we felt like it. I made sure I initiated when I was ovulating.
I'm so glad you had a somewhere in between option. I really don't know what we are doing. In my mind, i'm TTC and in DH mind we are NTNT, although i'm sure he's fine if we were TTC. Basically he doesn't want me to spend lots of energy on figuring out what to do. He wants me to be relaxed and just let it happen when it's supposed to.
@AvantLaLettre: WOW..... congrats!
@smileyd: Oh ok. Have you gotten pregnant yet?
@Lindsay05: Yeah, that's kind of how I was feeling.
@PrncssDva: Thank you! I know, pretty crazy huh. We feel very lucky... and were in disbelief for quite awhile. Like I said though I do think it's all about the charting. Also I've been off the pill for over a year.
I think NTNT means you just really don't care what happens. You're not disappointed when you get your period, nor are you panicking if you get a positive test. I can't imagine too many people would be comfortable in this scenario- too many unknowns to make long term plans- but some must be.
@AvantLaLettre: I've only been off for 3 weeks now.
@Tatum: Actually that pretty much sums up how I feel. LOL
:O congrats!!!!!!! :D
this is our mindset as well :)
we are somewhere in between, I was charting the past 2-3 years to avoid, watching Cm, temps etc the whole shebang, but now that we're NTNT I've stopped doing temps and paying as close attention to when the exact fertile window is -- sure there are things I just notice now because I was charting before, but like a PP mentioned, our sole purpose of sex isn't to concieve, we're just going to let it happen when it happens.
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I am just curious as to who all is actually charting (TTC) and who is just letting things happen (NTNT)? We are NTNT, I think. I have been off of BC for 3 weeks now. I am not checking cervical fluids or my temp. I am, however, keeping up with when AF comes (Which I have done since I started having them). I have not had AF yet though since I have been off the pill. Does that make me somewhere in the middle?
What is everyone else doing? Why did you choose what you are doing?
If you are pregnant, or had the baby already, how soon did you get pregnant? Which method were you using?