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I have 1 friend who CONSTANTLY tells me that they tried for a year, and then she was told by a friend to raise her pelvis in the air for 10 minutes after DTD. I'm getting really desperate lately, so tonight, after DTD, I got DH to help me put my legs up against the bedhead and put a couple of pillows under my bum. Believe me, I may never get over the embarrassment :redface:

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However, 15 minutes later - I wanted to make extra sure - I got up, and there's a puddle on my pillow! :redface: :wall: I don't understand how that would happen - has DH got gravity-defying swimmers?!

Has anyone else done this successfully? OR, has anyone done this UNsuccessfully, so I don't feel like such a dork???

hahahaha i did this sooo many times..made NO difference. Fell preg with Mia in missionary after 2yrs TTC

LOL..i done that only when TTC Mr Z.....and yep...alot leaked out too, but maybe it helped somehow cos he is here now....and it was on that cycle i fell pg!

LOL, thanks MM! By hearing my friend talk, you'd think it was the ONLY way to get pregnant :rofl:

EDIT - Thanks Mirabelle - maybe I should just put a plastic sheet down? :rofl:

Ah why not....plastic sheet..easy to clean....no sheet changing!

Lol it didn't work for my XP and I... and I used to hang out with my feet against the headboard for a good half hour just to make sure!!
Keep trying though, it can't hurt to give it a go :) Good luck hun!!

I have been doing this of late quite a bit...but for the opposite reason - to try and get labour moving. And each and every time I find I have leaked a bit, so I tend to put a towel down before DTD - I think it's the fact that when you lift your bum up, even if you have help, you are using some of your stomach/pelvic muscles to do so and they tend to push some of the 'good stuff' :rolleyes: out :lol:

Hubby must have thought you REALLY loved him - some women put their husband's aftershave on their pillows.....you put a little bit of him on there :lol: Good luck with it all x

It is a very good theory actually. The idea is that with you hips elevated the semen pools at your cervix allowing more sperm to get where they need to go. One thing that a lot of people don't realise is that the semen is just the carrier of the sperm, once inside you, the sperm swim into your CM & are transported that way. So any leakage you have while it will still contain some sperm, it will mostly just be empty fluid IYKWIM.

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Do you know where your cervix is located babe??? Mine is more towards the front, so when trying, we use "doggy" position, with a pillow under my tummy. Afterwards, I lie down on the bed, butt in the air, for the little swimmers to travel down towards the front. I rarely have too much come out when I get up later...... :lol:

Also missionary, with pillow under butt, so its already up high before ejaculation can help keep lots in too!!! ;)

A long time ago my then BF really wanted kids but I wasn't sure. To prove his point one time he picked me up by my ankles and held me upside down after we dtd :lol:

TBH, thats what i have done both times.. and obviously it worked ;)

hahaha oh dear.

DH gets spoilt when we TTC coz he gets to go first! Theory being that you get the swimmers in there, and then apparently when you go, the cervix dips into all the spermies and sucks em all up (hows that for technical speak LOL). We don't have toooooo much mess doing this. The other reason is also because I have to extract his swimmers before we get interrupted by a certain toddler who just doesn't sleep through! PMSL ;)

We were TTC for 7 months, and I always did the bum in the air thing :lol:. My son, however, was concieved standing up in the shower so obviously it didn't work for us.
I think, everyones different and you just gotta try a few different things and see what works for you.
Good luck :)

Yep I did that. It never worked though ><; Can't hurt though! Just watch your back! ;)

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One thing that a lot of people don't realise is that the semen is just the carrier of the sperm, once inside you, the sperm swim into your CM & are transported that way. So any leakage you have while it will still contain some sperm, it will mostly just be empty fluid IYKWIM.

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Wow, you'd think after 3 years TTC I woulda known that :wall: Thanks Sarah, that makes me feel better :)

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Do you know where your cervix is located babe???

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TBH, I've only tried to find it once or twice, and never been able to reach. I wonder if mine is really high, as I've never had much success with tampons either, they never feel like they're in far enough, KWIM? I also have a retroverted uterus, so I think the cervix goes a different way...

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A long time ago my then BF really wanted kids but I wasn't sure. To prove his point one time he picked me up by my ankles and held me upside down after we dtd :lol:

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hahaha oh dear.

DH gets spoilt when we TTC coz he gets to go first! Theory being that you get the swimmers in there, and then apparently when you go, the cervix dips into all the spermies and sucks em all up (hows that for technical speak LOL).

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LOL Liz - believe me, the dumber you say things, the more chance I have of understanding! I have heard that before, and I think thats where my problem is, because apparently with a retroverted uterus the cervix isn't actually dipping into the 'pool'.

Oh well, DH is happy to get some every 3 days, he doesn't mind helping me get my legs in the air! I'll just hafta remember a towel from now on :)

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I have heard that before, and I think thats where my problem is, because apparently with a retroverted uterus the cervix isn't actually dipping into the 'pool'.

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Really? I'm pretty sure mine's retroverted (had another ultrasound just recently... I'm pretty sure it said that). You mean DH was spoilt for nothing?? grrrr LOL. hmm.. well... it seemed to work for us. :dunno:

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A long time ago my then BF really wanted kids but I wasn't sure. To prove his point one time he picked me up by my ankles and held me upside down after we dtd :lol:

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:ROFL: Did you turn your pillow over and then clandestinely switch it with his :lol:

If you have a retroverted uterus, you should lie face down, not the other way, cause your cervix will be pointing toward the front. (never did any good for us either way...)

The dipping thing still holds Liz, but you need to lie the other way (y'know, in theory, if it actually does any good).

ok... found my ultrasound report.. mine is anteverted, not retroverted! So a quick google... mine is tipped forward, retroverted is tipped backward.

hmm.. now I'm confused marcellus LOL. anteverted would want to lie face down bum up to dip into the pool wouldn't it?

OK.. so i dared to google orgasm & sperm LOL... and found this interesting book excerpt! The science of orgasm - Google Books It's a link to the search result, just so it takes you to the pages that I was reading. Quite interesting :) Doesn't say anything about the position of the uterus, but talks about the dipping of the cervix into the pool and even about how much sperm was in the flowback. Bit scarey that they tested some of these things with radioactive particles.. eesh.. bags not being the guinea pig!

Ah, if your uterus is anteverted your cervix will tip backwards, as per usual. If your uterus is retroverted, your cervix will tip forewards. Make sense?

hmm.... googled again LOL... yep... anteverted means the top of uterus is tipped forward.. meaning cervix tips towards the spine. I get ya now! This whole forward backward thing is confusing! LOL.

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:ROFL: Did you turn your pillow over and then clandestinely switch it with his :lol:

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:rofl: I would have done that!!!!

Oh hun. I'm sure all of us when TTC have tried and done this. So you aren't being silly by doing it. I'm not sure if it works or not, but in theory it should. Another thing don't get up from bed after DTD, stay in bed for as long as you can.
If you have an old towel or something like that, cut it in half or into 3 and place it ontop of your pillow to absorb any leaking fluid.

I am hoping that you conceive soon hun. I am so looking forward to your preg announcement.

xxoo

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If you have a retroverted uterus, you should lie face down, not the other way, cause your cervix will be pointing toward the front.

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Thanks Marcellus - hopefully in a few weeks I'll have something to report! I know I know, another TMI :) Seriously, how many of you saw my title and went 'Ooh, sounds interesting, I wonder what's so TMI?'

I only know coz I do the same thing :rofl:

Yeah, yeah, we're voyeurs:lol:

:lol: yep, I have done that too...this thread has given me a chuckle

and good luck!