Originally Posted by
LolaInLove
I think the key is to not do a bsf while the ew is in there....like do it an hour before you attempt, then wait another 4 hours after.....I don't think it's necessary to do it after your attempt, to be honest. Once those sperm are in there, they are doing their job and it doesn't take long (maybe an hour or two, maybe less) for them to get from weiner to egg, kwim? LOL
So, I do plan on doing it myself, but I will only do 1 bsf about an hour before attempt, that is it. It's a temporary shift in ph, so there is not much point in doing it for a week and then afterwards....but that is my opinion. I am pretty sure, fwiw, that Atomic is not a huge fan of repeated bsf either....there is just no point. It's like sunscreen....why would you put on sunscreen for a week before you go out for a beach day? You just need to do it right before you go, because it's a temporary thing that only lasts 3-4 hours like the bsf. Does that make sense? I don't think it's bad to do it a lot before, that is up to you, BUT it does mask your natural cm, making it super watery, and it can be very irritating and make your vaj smell a little bad (gross, but you all know it's true). Not my favorite thing to do before I go dtd with the DH for sure, but I will do it once about an hour before we bd. But, I use preseed also, which doesn't have the sperm heads exploding if they mix.
When I was doing ew and bsf, I was doing a big bsf and then immediately putting ew up there, then doing another bsf afterwards, which a lot of our old crew did and got pg.....it just worries me because I had 5 months of impeccable timing and NOTHING...then when I dropped the ew, got pg two months in a row! And, maybe a lot of bfns are related to that....you know, some of the swaying stuff does inhibit pregnancy, but better for us than the pink swayers for sure.