If I use RepHresh every 3 days starting right after AF....

[Chunky Monkey]

I am doing parts of the diet, but it seems like you have to do most parts of the diet for it to work. If I use RepHresh every 3 days, starting after AF, do you think it would keep my pH low enough? My attempt is in 10 days so I will do one today and every 3 days from now, through O. I am doing a 2 day cutoff and don't know if this will kill all the swimmers. TIA :)

[praying4princess]

Chunky Monkey, I too used the Rephresh! But I only used it that week of O and it kept my pH down great!!! The only time it got above 4 was right after BD, and it only got 5-6, so I added just a little touch more. I was worried too that maybe I shouldnt have added more because I didnt want to kill my swimmers, but it was the only jelly I used and I didnt jump and dump, so I wanted to kill SOME of them! I dont test until sometime next week so I dont know yet if I killed them all off or not!! But the rephresh does work really well at keeping pH down! I was aiming for a 2 day cutoff but ended up with 1-1.5 days!

[Chunky Monkey]

Oh good! I don't know if I should try a 2 or 3 day cutoff. I really want to get pregnant this month! When you added more Rephresh after BD, how long did it take for your pH to go back down to a 4? I'll keep an eye out for your results next week. Good luck!!!

[praying4princess]

It was pretty quickly, I want to say I checked it about 15 minutes later and it was back down! Have you tried it and checked your pH? And then I kept checking it throughout the day and it was fine!!

[Chunky Monkey]

No, I don't have a monitor to check my ph :(

[praying4princess]

You dont HAVE to buy a dig monitor, you can just get the strips like the ones you would pee on. Thats what Im using! I didnt want to spend the money on one of those monitors! You just have to make sure the pH of the strips goes low enough, mine start at 0.

[Another princess]

Good Luck ladies with your sways. RePHresh sounds really effective and i am in two minds whether to use it as part of my sway. I have currently been testing Acijel out and it seems to keep my ph low, however i like that rephresh is supposed to reduce the ph of everything it comes in to contact with -such as semen.

Praying4princess can i just ask when you said your ph went up to 5-6 after bd was that imediately after bd? Do you think that was the ph of both cm and semen mixed? Thanks

Chunky monkey i would try and get hold of some ph strips so that you can test your ph, however i have never heard of rephresh raising anyones ph.

[praying4princess]

Good Luck ladies with your sways. RePHresh sounds really effective and i am in two minds whether to use it as part of my sway. I have currently been testing Acijel out and it seems to keep my ph low, however i like that rephresh is supposed to reduce the ph of everything it comes in to contact with -such as semen.


Praying4princess can i just ask when you said your ph went up to 5-6 after bd was that imediately after bd? Do you think that was the ph of both cm and semen mixed? Thanks
Chunky monkey i would try and get hold of some ph strips so that you can test your ph, however i have never heard of rephresh raising anyones ph.

I was writing down everything that day, and I wrote that it was about 30 min after DTD that it was 5-6ish! Thats when I added just a touch more! I was scared about killing all my spermies, but it freaked me out going up!!! Lol But it was the only jelly I used and I didnt jump and dump so it was okay that it killed alot of them.

[Another princess]

Praying4princess, thanks for your reply. FX its a pink BFP for you this month.

[Chunky Monkey]

Thanks for the suggestion! Where did you get the strips? My attempt is in 10 days. Since we are going for a cutoff, I am going to use rephresh the day of my attempt, which will be 2 or 3 days before O, and as soon as I wake up on O day. With the cutoff, I don't think I will JND either. Deciding the details is not easy!

[Another princess]

Thanks for the suggestion! Where did you get the strips? My attempt is in 10 days. Since we are going for a cutoff, I am going to use rephresh the day of my attempt, which will be 2 or 3 days before O, and as soon as I wake up on O day. With the cutoff, I don't think I will JND either. Deciding the details is not easy!

You can say that again!! I bought ph ion strips from ebay however they didnt work on me, which indicates that i have low ionic strength. That is the risk if you buy the strips - they may not work on you. I eventually purchased a hannah digital tester also from ebay. I conceived my daughter with a 2-3 day cut off. Goodluck with your attempt

[atomic sagebrush]

I am doing parts of the diet, but it seems like you have to do most parts of the diet for it to work. If I use RepHresh every 3 days, starting after AF, do you think it would keep my pH low enough? My attempt is in 10 days so I will do one today and every 3 days from now, through O. I am doing a 2 day cutoff and don't know if this will kill all the swimmers. TIA :)

pH is the part of the puzzle with the least amount of scientific support. I really hope you can at least cut back on calories, fat, and protein, and skip breakfast, even if you can't do other parts of the diet 100%.

I like the idea of using RepHresh every three days but I don't think you need to use it quite that far in advance (that stuff is spendy!!) A week to ten days in advance is plenty! To keep the swimmers safe, don't use it right before your attempt, just use it a day or two, or even just a few hours before (depending on how much you want to get pg.)

[praying4princess]

Thank you so much Another Princess!!!
Chunky Monkey, you can by them at some health stores, and some pharmacies or order them online. The brand I have is Phydrion, and the were pretty cheap! I thought I was just ordering one bottle for the price but when they came it was 6 bottles with 100 strips each! They also have the paper strips...Ive seen them at my health store.

[Chunky Monkey]

Atomic, I have been skipping breakfast for about a year! But didn't know about it swaying girl until recently. I do have coffee every morning, a capp, so the milk may cancel out the "skipping breakfast" part. More recently I have lowered protein, calories, fat and salt. I have cut out almost all red meat too, which is a big change for me. I am going for a cutoff since I got PG with both DS's on O day or within 24 hrs of O. I want to do a 3 day, but feel like I need to do a 2 day to up my chances of getting PG. I also don't know if I should do JND, shallow penetration, hot shower and antihistimine with a cutoff. I think if I do all of that, along with the Rephresh that I won't have any swimmers left by O day! Are there any key things that you recommend over any others?

P4P, thanks! I am so close to my attempt but I may try to find some at a healthfood store.

[atomic sagebrush]

Eh, I think it's ok. Not perfect but still pink friendly.

I think your diet is looking good!!

I TOTALLY agree with what you're saying about overkill and wanting to get pg quickly. I think timing is the least effective.

With a cutoff, I would prob. not do all those things. Pick the ones that feel "right" to you and go with it.

If I were swaying, I would do frequent BD with a one day cutoff and antihistamine. I ~might~ use RepHresh but I wouldn't use it the day of or even the day before my attempt. I prob. wouldn't ever do JND with a cutoff, I would at least give it a good 5 minutes to get where it needed to go!!