Do you lie down after sex to help impregnate? Let semen stay inside?

[Anonymous]

Any tips???

[Anonymous]

I propped up my bottom on an incline for 30 minutes after sex to have gravity help things along .

[Anonymous]

Yup, made sure I peed and pooped before sex, and then propped up my hips.. And you don't get up for the rest of the night!! I have an extremely tipped uterus and was told I would have a lot of difficulty conceiving. My mom gave me this advice, and I have had four kids all conceiving on the first or second try.

[Anonymous]

Wow I have a tipped uterus also. Interesting.

What was your timing vis a vis ovulation how far before how often?

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Anonymous wrote:I propped up my bottom on an incline for 30 minutes after sex to have gravity help things along .

I did this too. Not sure if it's scientific but I conceived twice so far on the first try.

You definitely don't have to wait all night to move! That sounds awful. 30 mins is more than enough.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow I have a tipped uterus also. Interesting.

What was your timing vis a vis ovulation how far before how often?

Always sex the day before ovulation and the day of. I knew because I had thick gelatinous mucous that would form a few days before ovulation (TMI I know) NO sex the week leading up to improve DH sperm supply.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I propped up my bottom on an incline for 30 minutes after sex to have gravity help things along .

I did this too. Not sure if it's scientific but I conceived twice so far on the first try.

You definitely don't have to wait all night to move! That sounds awful. 30 mins is more than enough.

In my situation all night is what worked. The few times I got up to pee I didn't conceive. I know its all a crapshoot, but anything helps sometimes.

[Anonymous]

No sex for a week leading up?

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Anonymous wrote:Yup, made sure I peed and pooped before sex, and then propped up my hips.. And you don't get up for the rest of the night!! I have an extremely tipped uterus and was told I would have a lot of difficulty conceiving. My mom gave me this advice, and I have had four kids all conceiving on the first or second try.

Who told you this? I ask because I recall a doctor telling me this years ago. But then when I started TTC I couldn't find anything on the internet except articles saying it doesn't impact your ability to conceive. I was never able to get pregnant naturally despite passing all tests with flying colors. IVF worked on the first try. I'll always wonder if the tipped uterus was keeping me from conceiving naturally.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yup, made sure I peed and pooped before sex, and then propped up my hips.. And you don't get up for the rest of the night!! I have an extremely tipped uterus and was told I would have a lot of difficulty conceiving. My mom gave me this advice, and I have had four kids all conceiving on the first or second try.

Who told you this? I ask because I recall a doctor telling me this years ago. But then when I started TTC I couldn't find anything on the internet except articles saying it doesn't impact your ability to conceive. I was never able to get pregnant naturally despite passing all tests with flying colors. IVF worked on the first try. I'll always wonder if the tipped uterus was keeping me from conceiving naturally.

Some Dr. when I was a teen. I am sure it was archaic information, but I think there might be some truth there. My mom struggled for 5 years to conceive and her Dr. told her the propping legs up secret.. she then had us three kids in rapid succession starting at age 33.

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At a feminist conference I went to they spoke to us about how much of the ancient wisdom passed down by midwives has been disregarded because it's not considered "science" (aka, it's not a male profession that has been vetted through lab tests- but it has been passed down from woman to woman over thousands of years)

I think we often need to consider some of the ancient wisdom, as these anecdotes ^ prove.

[Anonymous]

I did prop my hips up for a little while after sex. I also read that if the woman has an orgasm after the man, I can help, so I tried that too. I figured it can't hurt! Conceived two kids this way, though I have no idea if I helped at all.

[Anonymous]

If your man isn't producing enough that its running out of you, that's your problem. high volume is the way to go.

[Anonymous]

OP here: it CANNOT be the case that you have to lie down without getting up to pee all night. the human species would not survive or procreate if that was necessary.

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Anonymous wrote:I propped up my bottom on an incline for 30 minutes after sex to have gravity help things along .

Same. Conceived immediately 3 times (didn't stay lying down all night.) also tipped uterus. No idea if it mattered.