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love being a mummy
October 29th, 2011, 08:53 PM
Can I add BS to my lube
TTC5
October 29th, 2011, 10:30 PM
You can, BUT normal is quite thick and creamy that the sperm may have trouble swimming through it.
love being a mummy
October 29th, 2011, 10:39 PM
Oh ok, so pre seed is used for the thickness of it not the PH
Hobbermittens
October 30th, 2011, 12:02 AM
I think so? It is supposedly the perfect pH for all sperm. I have heard of people adding a pinchof BS to the preseed to raise the pH.
love being a mummy
October 30th, 2011, 12:16 AM
I have heard of people adding a pinchof BS to the preseed to raise the pH.
Yeah I read that and thought maybe I could add BS to my normal lube.
TTC5
October 30th, 2011, 12:52 AM
I think it is the pH and consistency/viscosity of the preseed that makes it sperm friendly.
atomic sagebrush
October 30th, 2011, 02:10 PM
Oh ok, so pre seed is used for the thickness of it not the PH

Preseed already has a boy-friendly pH but some people think they need it higher, and add some baking soda. You can def add baking soda to Preseed (but not other lubes, like KY, because they are bad for sperm anyway and sway pink) to raise pH a bit if you want to. Plus, the Preseed and BS combo is much better for sperm than BS alone, because they can swim thru Preseed better than just straight BS. Directions for mixing Preseed and BS are in this essay http://genderdreaming.com/forum/showthread.php?1444-Baking-Soda-basics
atomic sagebrush
October 30th, 2011, 02:12 PM
Yeah I read that and thought maybe I could add BS to my normal lube.

That doesn't work because all the other lubes on the market are not designed to be sperm friendly and all of them kill off sperm to some extent. Beyond the pH there is all kinds of other chemistry in them, so just changing the pH can't undo all the chemistry in the lube that is bad for sperm.
atomic sagebrush
October 30th, 2011, 02:13 PM
I think it is the pH and consistency/viscosity of the preseed that makes it sperm friendly.

:agree: They even have a pic on the Preseed website that shows sperm won't even swim into other lubes but will go into the Preseed!! Preseed is the best lube for TTC blue IMHO.
TTC5
October 30th, 2011, 05:09 PM
:agree: They even have a pic on the Preseed website that shows sperm won't even swim into other lubes but will go into the Preseed!! Preseed is the best lube for TTC blue IMHO.

Yep I wouldn't consider anything else, unless you want to use egg whites?
love being a mummy
October 30th, 2011, 06:35 PM
Thanks for that. I probably won't use lube anyway but was considering it if it would. Might just trust my own EWCM and hope for the best.
atomic sagebrush
November 6th, 2011, 08:04 AM
I think EWCM is the best lube for blue anyway. Good luck!!!