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Update 2-17-25
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My husband wouldn't sway AT ALL. I believe that it is first and foremost what the wife does that counts, because in nature most of the males are only around for the conception and then disappear. It makes more sense to me that it is primarily the woman's environment that matters, not the man's, because she's the one who has to take care of the offspring.
I think what your husband is doing is fine. If he does supps, gives up meat most of the time, and the aspartame, that is better than most guys! Hug him and let him enjoy his beer and coffee, because for swaying, if daddy ain't happy, no one is happy. Our husbands have the ability to make swaying highly stressful and competitive as you try to "make" him do things your way (may sway blue) or relaxed and cooperative (may sway pink) and they even have the ability to get POed and pull the plug on the entire adventure (which has happened to people.)
I read on another site that girls are putting the hannah in their vj near the entrance of the cervix. Do you recommend this?
Thanks for this Atomic x
I am wary of this because it seems possible that they might contaminate it with the lower pH vaginal secretions rather than getting an accurate reading. But for people who are not terribly concerned with getting the most accurate reading, I think it's fine as long as you take it consistently one way or the other rather than switching between the two. (I would do it that way and have no worries!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Chicky
Ok so i have been doing PH as well as OPK, BBT and check my CM and cervix positions. i am rubbish at the cervix postioins, CM is fairly easy but my PH was 4 every day all day but as it is getting closer to OV today my CM was getting a little bit more stretchy and it seems that is showing up as a high PH. I know the EWCM is ment to be alkaline to help the little swimmers. So my question is that when i dont have much CM what is testing on the paper is 4-4.5 but when there is lots and it is creamy those areas tend to start turning to about a 5. Obviously if i use sudafed to reduce my CM when we do go for our attemp do you think my body is at the right PH for girls and that the secreations are just slightly higher because thats thier function or do i need to look in to my diet? i was expecting PH to rise (infact hoping for it i like to feel i can control something... bad for girls i know gotta kick that habbit) but with that and no peak in BBT yet i am fretting a little.
First of all I don't like Sudafed because it has too many side effects and may not be safe, so you may want to look into antihistamines instead. (they work equally well).
There is NOTHING bad about pH of 5 at ovulation at all for swaying pink. Personally if I had a pH of 5 I would feel GREAT about swaying just naturally with no jelly or anything (of course you can still use them if you like although they may make it harder to get pregnant.). Normal pH of CM at ovulation is in the 7's, that's to ensure the maximum survival of sperm, so if your pH is 5, creamy, and you dry it up even more with antihistamine, I think you are on target for a great sway.
thanks this is great info
Wow, you have done alot of researsh AS, you have put in alot of time and effort, thanks for your information xo
I'm glad I found this. This kind of answers one of my many questions in my introduction thread.
Does the pH from the skin affect the CM sample? Meaning, if I take a sample of the CM with one of my fingers, is this going to give me a false reading pH-wise?
I'd say probably not unless you have anything on your fingers such as hand lotion or deodorant or something. The strips generally react to things which soak into them, and so this would be the CM and so you'd get the pH of your CM
Thank you for your reply. That makes a lot of sense.
What she said! Thx Rainbow!!
which PH strips are the best to use?
I liked the pHion brand but any of the ones that go from 4.5 up to 10 are good.
That is the kind I bought off Amazon yesterday! I am glad I got the ones you like, 'cause I know I will like them too. I have a Hannah digital tester, that I cannot find after our move, but I never could get it to calibrate right or use it correctly so many the strips will work better? Do you have any suggestions on how and when to use the strips. I have a Diva cup so I could get CM that way? Also how do you test your DH's sample? I hear you have to wait longer to read them than you do with reg CM because of the fluid concentration?Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
I think most of the answers to yoru q's are in this essay???
I am not sure about waiting...sometimes they like to complicate things on other sites. I never waited.
Essay did you you post a link? I don't see it?Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
You're commenting on a thread that started out with an essay on how to check pH...I think most of the q's are answered in the original essay at the beginning of this thread.
I am a dorkfish sorry. Yes, I will reread it LOL!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
Hey All, this is helpful so thank you. Just got my digital Hanna checker and did the initial soak in 7, then calibrated. So I wanted to do a CM check, but the package says never to touch the glass bulb with your finger. How do I get the CM on the tip of the tester than?????
TIA
A lot of people just carefully insert the Hanna and test that way. You could also use the Instead cup trick to collect some CM but if you're not at ovulation, you won't have much.
Got it-I would be hoping to get a reading w/out any vaginal PH just to really know. Do you think it's that big of a deal to use a finger? Or maybe put on a piece of paper first and then use the tester on the sample on the paper???
I never used the Hanna so I don't entirely know, I'm sorry. A q-tip is also an option.
Be aware that if you have no CM, your pH reading is totally irrelevant. Only your pH when you have EWCM matters.
Thanks AS!
That's right, you used the strips. Good idea on the Q-tip. In general I don't have a lot of cm, even around O, so just trying to figure out the options for testing.
I worry about the same thing, I have a digital hanna reader and unless I am right before o and have EWCM, I struggle to even find enough cm to get an accurate reading, so I usually need to use my finger and touch the electrode with the cm and wonder, does it read my skins ph or the fluids or both?? I cannot use a diva cup, I tried and tried, but I already struggle with tampons (even though I have given birth naturally to 3 kids not even having a small tear, I dont know why I cant handle any of the normal things :( )Quote:
Originally Posted by fresas
I have tried just inserting the hanna and take the reading then, but again wouldnt it read my skins PH? confusing....
nini, it's only your pH right at O that matters anyway so if you are able to test then, I wouldn't worry about it. All of us have very low pH when we are not Oing - we want to know what our REAL pH of EWCM up inside is, not the pH of our VJ which will always be 4.5-5.
right, this is something I never get... surely if a woman measures for a example a ph of 6 and is not at AF or O, she must either make a mistake OR have an infection! Right?
Or else she just DTD or had some bleeding from an irritated or injured cervix (from DTD) or she uses a soap or feminine product that either raised pH or irritated her VJ and made it try to wash the substance away - no one needs to panic if they have pH of 6 not at ovulation or think they have a YI, wait a day or two and test again and see what your pH is doing.
Hi there.
Was just wondering are you able to use outdoor pool PH testers? digital and the strips?
I really don't know - if the range in pH goes from 4.5-10, give it a try and see if it works and report back to us!
Not having a lot of luck. Everywhere I'm looking is all ph from 0-14...Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
That's fine, it covers the range from 4.5-10, you see. The prob. is the testers that only go from 5-8 or whatever.
The forum about cervical position to help get CM is not showing up and says to contact administrator.
Ok thank you.
Where can i buy the Universal indicator ph strips that go from PH 0-14 ?
You don't need them to go from 0-14, only from 4.5 to 10. You will prob. have to get them online, that's where I had gotten mine.
Or don't get them. After getting a boy with pH of 4.5 that never varied, it's awfully hard for me to encourage anyone to test pH any more. People stress and obsess over it and it raises T levels through the roof.
http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...sition-cm.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by inshaallahxx
That other article titled the ph pickle said that your ph doesn't matter.
"Even CM pH tells you nothing about what is going on up inside where sperm meets egg." So what do you mean here that you'd feel good about a ph of 5 at ovulation? That other article confused me a GREAT deal now.....
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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush