Are you planning to/did you use an Instead Cup for your sway?

[atomic sagebrush]

I used it and got a bfp but I was doing msu so no worry about sitting up. But to take it out every 30 min.? WTH? I never did that. And for what? We used bsf and ew so the ph must be high in there for a long time no need to check it. That's crazy!

That may be more for pink swayers than blue, but they're supposed to take the cup out every 30 minutes to check pH, add whatever chemistry to raise or lower pH and then put it back in again.

[Flava]

That may be more for pink swayers than blue, but they're supposed to take the cup out every 30 minutes to check pH, add whatever chemistry to raise or lower pH and then put it back in again.

oh ok lol then Im happy I didn't sway pink because it would make me crazy!

[Kris217]

I was thinking......I pee a lot so I was wondering if I laid still with my hips up for as long as possible would it be a good idea to put the instead cup in before I go pee? The sperm will only come out when I pee so I was wondering if the cup would maybe help hold them in longer?

[TTC5]

I'm not using one will lay with my hips propped for a few hours then go to sleep!

[Kris217]

I wish I could just go to sleep but I'm up every 2 hours during the night. I just think it's going to come out anyway so using one may not help but it can't hurt???
I don't know, I'm thinking of sooo many things right now. Kinda freaking out cos I really want this time to be the one. I am on IG site now and reading about timing. Do you think I should wait til I get my first +opk then head to Sydney or should I try the day before that then the next 2 days?

[TTC5]

How many days do you get full on +'s?

[Kris217]

I wanna kick myself cos I haven't really checked that, I always marked off in my calendar the day of +opk. But last time I tried I did get another + the next day so maybe 2 days??

[Tink18]

Ok maybe I am not understanding how to collect CM, I thought i did after reading some of the threads. Can someone give me a little helpful advice? Thanks! I think I actually have my sway pretty much all figured out except the whole CM thing gets me. I'm going to be tracking my ovulation for the next few months until we TTC in Sept!

[TTC5]

Tink - I insert a clean finger (my middle "rude" finger) and kind of bend my finger tip when inside to scoop up some CM, alot of the time it comes out with just a bit of moisture but closer to O I can get more!!

Some ladies use these instead cups but I don't know how they work?

[Kris217]

The instead cup does catch it mostly around it's rim, that's what I found anyway but yeah your finger should work just fine as long as you have a decent tester if you're checking your PH.