The TRUE O+12 Club!

Hi Ladies!

GotHope and MiracleBeliever think they are the only ones on IG who plan on doing a TRUE O+12!

Which means NO CUT-OFF and ABSTAINING for at least 7 days- but aiming for more!

This link is our reference: http://www.in-gender.com/cs/forums/t/37676.aspx 
This is where we have been hanging out: http://www.in-gender.com/cs/forums/t/121088.aspx

Certainly there are more out there who plan on a True O+12?! Come join us! We need to encourage each other!

The TRUE O+12 is the timing method endorsed by our forum leader, Tamara.

I plan on doing a TRUE O+12 also but not until next spring/summer. i will keep your link, although you all will hopefully be pg by then;) i am also using acijel and douching, are you guys doing all of that? are you using the diva (i am)? i plan on trying to use my CBEFM, digi OPKs, cheap OPKs, and *maybe* a saliva microscope but i can't decide if it is worth it. anyone have one? would you recommend it and if so, what brand? good luck you guys! oh and also- i plan on doing abstinence for a LONG time, like NO SEX at all except for our attempt each month. crazy i know, but DH is totally on board:)

I am in the same boat with you sunshine, I plan on a July "start date"   I also plan on doing O+12 if I can get it pinned down on the timing.  But that is the plan!  I will be doing the douche and abstaining from CD1 til O+12. 

mommaof2boys: how awesome, i have an owen also:) aren't they wonderful???!!! yeah- i got my boys from frequent BD through O, so i am a *little* scared of O+12 since it is so close to O, but i figure i will do TBM, douche, abstinence, O+12, diet, supps, and ions... what else can a girl do??? i am not going to put myself through SU, i think i would go nuts. so i am putting my faith in God and in my "plan" that if it is meant to have a little girl, i will!!! so how did you do your TBM last time? multiple attempts with a cutoff? did you keep your pH low through O with douches or anything?

Hi ladies.  I just wanted to pop in here I am planning on doing O+12 in March with abstaining for at least 7 days.  All three of my boys were from bding before and during O time.  So since this is my last try I think I need to do something completly different.  Good luck ladies.

This will be our first real month to try and I am planning a true O+12.  I have four beautiful boys from no swaying and bd through O.  This is for sure our last so I want to do whatever I can!

 Me! Me! Am well up for this,there's no way I'm doing any other method. I'm going to TTC in FEb-March so will keep you link xxx

Hi Everyone! WELCOME!
Yay! I'm soo excited that there are more of us!

Dh and I are going to try this month if his pH has come down. AF has just left so we are going to do a trial run while I'm still "infertile" to see were we are at. Otherwise- we will start next month! I'm really hoping to get pg quickly becasue my family are coming in from overseas for christmas and I'd love to be able to celebrate with them!

Our son was born with frequent BD past ov, so for that reason this is the timing method we have chosen. We are also trying to stick to the girl diet because our normal diet is very "boy friendly!" I almost feel that the diet is harder than the abstinence! HAHA...

Sunshineslp: I am using a microscope. I'm glad I used it because it helped my realize I had lots of estrogen- becasue I had ferning very often. I went to an herbal shop who suggested Vitex to help level out my hormones... which of course is suggested on IG to sway pink! So I started Vitex and Saw Palmetto last cycle and I'm already noticing that my ferning is calming down a bit.
I haven't used OPKs but I actually correctly predicted my O+12 without them! I feel perhaps because I wasn't relying on the darker line I was more in tune with my cp and cm!

I'm glad we are all here to support each other!

Just a quick note after reading a few posts in other threads, to remind us all who are doing an O+12:

YOU CAN NOT RELY ON MONITOR'S OR OPK'S TO TELL YOU WHEN O+12 IS!

They are VERY useful in letting you know when you are close to ov but from then on, you need to pay CLOSER attention to your cm and cp.
If you haven't been paying attention to your cp and cm throughout your cycle you WILL find it MUCH harder to pinpoint O+12 because you will not be familiar with what your body is doing.

Just keep checking, checking, checking! Keep on Checking! :) (Like Dory on Nemo!)

miraclebeliever:

Just keep checking, checking, checking! Keep on Checking! :) (Like Dory on Nemo!)

 

hahaha   love it!

 I plan to do 0+12 and abstain plus to TBM/SU in June next year. At the moment I am trying to pinpoint O by charting cm and doing temps not having much luck though. I have no idea how to check CP???

 I also dont know what ferning is or how to check it and what it means?

Hi Lola!

Ferning is what the crystal patterns are referred to when you are using a ovulation microscope. A womans saliva contains estrogen prior to ovulation which is visable in a microscope. Check the FAQ index for more info.

Also this is taken from FAQ regarding checking cervix for cm: http://www.in-gender.com/CS/forums/t/3584.aspx

How to retrieve cm….TMI!!!  You reach up inside your V and with your finger you touch the cervix.  If you can't reach it, bare down like you are pushing out a baby. Then you hook your finger and pull out. The cm on the tip of your finger is the one you want to test. Or insert two fingers and scissor grab near the cervix, checking the cm in between the fingers.  The cm closest to your cervix is the most alkaline and the cm on the edges of your v is acidic.   Wipe this on the pH strip (or on the digital pH tester wand) and wait for up to 10 minutes (no waiting for digital) depending on how much water is in your cm.  If your pH strip doesn’t change and you have tried several times to test pH; this means you have low ionic strength in your cm (which means you NEED a digtal pH tester).  Urine pH only tells you how you are doing with your diet and supplements that day- it does not help with swaying besides that.
To test dh pH you have him give a sample in a cup or a condom.  Then test that sample with pH strips right away (the longer semen sits out the higher the pH goes and you want to know his initial pH).

 *helpful tip:  If you can not retrieve cm to test pH in this manner get a instead cup or diva cup.  Place it in vj for 30 minute-hour.  This will fill up with fresh cm that you can test easily

Checking for a shift in cm is really key to pinpointing ov. 12 hours after ov cm should either be dried up or drasticlly change- ie: from clear stretchy to opaque creamy or dry; or from opaque creamy to dry (not watery). Watery cm still sways boy and is considered fertile.

Just got to keep checking and get familiar with your body.

OPK's let you know when you are getting closer to ov.
CM tell's you when O+12 is.
Temp spikes confirm that you are past Ov and usually past getting pg.

Hope this helps some!

 Thanks for the reply it does help. Still not sure what cervical position is though, someone said its if the cervix is high or low, but I think I've read its whether its soft of hard? I really dont know if I could tell, how do you check, I guess with your fingers but I dont know what I'm looking for? Is it towards your belly button or the other way?

When you O your cervix will lower and become softer. After you O the cervix goes back up and hardens. Sorry I can't explain it better since I have just started to learn all this stuff to. 

To check your cervix I squat on the floor and feel around with my middle finger untill I feel it. It did take me a few minutes to find it the first time. It just felt like a hard bump about the size of a dime.  (I read some women sit on the toilet to check but that didn't work for me.) HTH!