would you use it before or after DTD then?
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would you use it before or after DTD then?
I'm thinking an hour or two before, I won't use anything afterwards (but I will JAD). I compared the consistency to Sylk and it's pretty similar, Sylk probably just a little more watery. You even have me wondering about BDing through O now rainbow!
Rephresh is sperm friendly? Do they mean somewhat sperm friendly or totally sperm friendly?
Lol - from the Rephresh website:
We are trying to become pregnant—is it OK to use RepHresh?
Yes. Unlike some lubricants, RepHresh’s patented formula will not interfere with sperm motility.
Ah ha! So this is the new gel you were referring to? :) sounds like it'll be great, Z! Low in ph, hostile and thinner/less gunky than Rephresh. Good luck with your decision:) xo
now that's interesting as well! I hate having to make decisions :PQuote:
Originally Posted by zanacal
Oh me too! I think I'm almost there though :D
For some reason i thought rephresh was rough on the sperms motility....so the only reason we are using it is to keep our ph at the consistant 5 and prevent it from spiking higher? With the whole debate over if ph even matters im second guessing if i will even use rephresh now.:shrug:
Well, their website says it doesn't affect the sperm's motility but I'm not convinced - it is rather thick imo! I think the benefit of Rephresh is that you only have to use it every 3 days, so with a cut-off or if you're BDing every single day for two weeks then you don't have to think of it any more often than every 3 days which is less stress.
Personally I think pH does help with a pink sway because a low pH will kill off some sperm and lower sperm count does sway girl. Likewise a 'gel' of any sort has got to kill off some sperm.
I think I have decided to use Rephresh every 3 days while we're DTD with a spermicide condom, just in case something about the spermicide makes my pH go up and makes me more prone to an infection (which I really don't want right when I'm about to O!). I think we'll DTD unprotected on the evening of my first +OPK (O-1), the following evening (O) and the following morning (O+several hours) and for those attempts I'll either use Aci-jel or this Balance Activ, just need to decide which!
presumably to make a claim about that (keeping sperm motility) they would have had to do scientific tests on it or it would be illegal to claim that?
Even if it's a thick gel that doesn't mean that the "fibres" within it aren't aligned well for the swimmers to swim through?