SYLK and Gender

[Lassie1982]

So whats to verdict on Sylk then?
I have been using it ONLY for swaying purposes, I dont need a lube.
Am using rephresh, should I use Sylk as well? If there's a chance it might help sway i'll use it...but *should* I or is it really just for those that need lube?

[HopingForPigtails]

This probably doesn't amount to much but when we were TTC #1, we were obviously not swaying and I was having hormonal imbalances so was taking Vitex, using Rephresh (or Replens- I can't remember which one!) and used Sylk as well. However, I think the night we conceived, if taken a Robitusson for a cold- which gives you more CM. We had a boy. My diet is completely boy friendly, though- and I think diet/hormone levels is a huge part of this!!

[atomic sagebrush]

So whats to verdict on Sylk then?
I have been using it ONLY for swaying purposes, I dont need a lube.
Am using rephresh, should I use Sylk as well? If there's a chance it might help sway i'll use it...but *should* I or is it really just for those that need lube?

It is up to you, Lassie. I think RepHresh alone works great and if I had my 'druthers I would have people use JUST RepHresh both for financial reasons and also because the more stuff you use, the lower the odds of pg. I keep the Sylk in the mix because many pink swayers do need a lube and also because some people really feel the need (because of the "other site") to use something right before DTD, if for no other reason than psychological.

[dramabird]

I think RepHresh alone works great and if I had my 'druthers I would have people use JUST RepHresh both for financial reasons and also because the more stuff you use, the lower the odds of pg.

So would you recommend that folks who aren't getting pg after a couple of cycles drop Sylk before dropping, say, antihistamines or licorice root or abstaining (or diet, of course)?

On a somewhat related note ... I wonder if it would be beneficial to create a hierarchy of the different sway components in a list of priority (as best as is known)? I know a lot of us, after a couple of cycles of throwing everything at a sway, start trying to figure out what to drop -- would it possible to put together a checklist of the things to absolutely keep at the bottom (such as LE diet, skipping breakfast/low glucose, etc.) with the "firsts to go" toward the top? It might help cut back on the posts of "oh no, I'm not getting pg, what do I drop?" (I'm in the 2ww myself, so I could be asking that same question at the beginning of April! )

[atomic sagebrush]

The problem is, I don't KNOW in which order to drop things. All I would be doing is pulling it out of my butt LOL and since I honestly don't know, it makes more sense to me for you guys to decide what to drop individually, KWIM?? A good case can be made for dropping/keeping anything and I"m a bit concerned that were I to make such a hierarchy, that would lock people into a one-size-fits-all sway and that's what I'm really trying to avoid. Some couples might want to drop abstain first if their husband hated it, while others might want to drop LR instead if he was having ED because of it. A couple who was 22 years old might want to keep abstain many months longer than a couple who was 32. A gal who always had a lot of CM might want to keep antihistamine and then might drop RepHresh instead but someone without CM but whose husband had super high pH would want to drop antihistamine first...it's all about what works for the individual couple.

NEVER drop diet. ALWAYS drop timing. The rest, I think is subject to each couple's needs and desires.

[atomic sagebrush]

I don't think we can generalize unless we have people who aren't doing ANYTHING to sway other than just Sylk vs. TTC naturally. Sways are such complicated things that I think it's pretty tough to pick out one factor in isolation. Esp. something like Sylk where we can't even really know how much the people used, when they used it, how much got lost while BD, etc. Sylk isn't the kind of thing like cal-mag whether you're taking it or you're not...people use varying degrees of Sylk and mix it with other things so it isn't as cut and dried as all that.

We just don't have the numbers to know for sure and also, I think some people who use "sway tactic X" tend to have things in common...like the old debate over FR vs. abstain. There are reasons why some people choose FR vs. abstain, just like there are reasons why people use Sylk vs. other jellies.

As far as the sways I've seen, I've def. seen successful sways with Sylk.

[Lucky-happy-blessed]

I know I'm a bit late to this, but I just answered the pre-seed question so I thought I'd answer this one too!

I've only used sylk to ttc once and the result was my darling 5th boy, I'm sure that that was not the reason why, but still I'm going to drop sylk from my sway this time

[pink carol]

Hi, I'm new here and a bit late for this thread but thought I'd add my input! I wasn't obssessive about measuring my ph. After all I had read, my gut told me Aci-jel and Sylk were the way to go (and I used lavish amounts of both) for a perfect 3 and a half-day cut-off. Well, I'm expecting a boy.

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks ladies for sharing your experiences!! We've seen so many pH opposites, I think it just can't be that effective.

No one's too late for these threads, they're ongoing and we want as many responses as we can! Keep em coming!!

[Vanz2010]

I'm thinking of using sylk so thanks for posting your experiences with it.