measuring

Hi everyone,
I am new to this but have been reading pretty extensively, so I am familiar. I am just starting a routine and would like an accurate measurement of course. First of all, This is a great site and feel fortunate I came across it before paying $50 on some site. There seems to be some very useful info here and people seem to be helpful.

I tried measuring a couple ways, first by taking a piece of cardboard ( while sitting) and resting it @ the base of my erect penis (what would be the top if standing). Then while holding it upright (or while lying down against my stomach) taking a pen and holding it as level as possible resting on the tip of my head and marking the cardboard. I am a pitiful 4.25" that way, and am 30 yrs old. If I simply hold a tape measure at the base of myself in the same manner, eyeball the head of my dick, I am about 5-5.25" in length. any sestions?

Also when jelqing, should I see significant swelling of my head when pushing the blood into it? Seems I read you should, but I see little if any, and am doing it in a semi-erect state.
Any sestions or comments r appreciated.

[Sizemeister]

Do not measure your erect penis while sitting.

The most accurate way to measure is to do so while either standing or lying flat. Take a ruler and press the low-numbered end against the pubic bone along the top of your penis. Your erect penis should be perpendicular to your body. If you want to accurately measure gains, be sure that when you measure, that you press the ruler against your pubic bone, and not just simply touch the surface of the skin with it. This is known as "bone-pressed" measuring, and is the most accurate and consistent way to measure gains because it keeps everything else constant (i.e. fluctations in pubic fat, among other things.)

You should jelq with at least a 3/4 erection IMHO. You're probably not erect enough.

Hope this helps

Size

Thanks for the useful info, I didn't know about pressing into the pubic bone. This should even add a little to my measurement, which god knows I need. Hopefully I'm not quite as small as I thought.

[Sizemeister]

If you're comparing yourself to the guys here, most of us measure bone pressed. I like to keep track of both, though.