Splime/Lime tampon/douche Modification

[PeaceLoveandXX]

With my sway I used a modified technique that involved using unsweetened 100% cranberry juice inserted after sex to lower the PH.
It was the main thing that I did for my sway besides cutting out red meat. I attribute my success majorly due to the cranberry. I have people who ask me what I did for my sway, and feel a little uncomfortable telling people because I don't know how "safe" or how good of an idea it is to use the cranberry in place of the lime that I see frequently. Is there any reason why the lime is recommended, and why have I never seen anyone mention cranberry juice used this way? Cranberry juice has a PH of 2.3-2.5. Lime juice has a PH of 2.0-2.4. They seem pretty comparable.
I'm so excited that my sway worked, but I don't really want to inadvertently "advise" people to do something that might not be a good idea simply because it worked for me.
Opinions on this?

[Kmomofthree]

I'm really interested to see what any experts say.... I've been planning on using lime... what made you decide to opt for cranberry juice?

[PeaceLoveandXX]

Honestly, we ran out of lime one time so I googled the PH of cranberry. We weren't TTC at the time, but we weren't preventing either so I wanted to at least TRY SOMETHING in case I did wind up pregnant. I don't think it was very near ovulation, but I just wanted any sort of sway I could put in *just in case*. I didn't wind up pregnant that cycle. But I decided to just continue with the cranberry since we had it and I knew it was similar in PH to the lime. I also had a big jar of the juice, VS needing to make sure I had a fresh lime available every time, then worrying about juicing it and everything. I just figured cranberry would be easier.
Nothing super scientific or anything like that. lol.

[nuthinbutpink]

Since conception does not happen in your vagina, you likely just flushed semen out of you or killed it. A "sway" is much more than what we douche with. It is likely a combination of diet, lifestyle and your DH that resulted in the gender of your baby. Congrats!

[PeaceLoveandXX]

Thank you! Do you feel then that the lime tampon/douche/splime thing isn't effective? I figured that it would help because the sperm would have to travel through the vagina to get to the egg. If the PH was low enough the male sperm would have a harder time making it? This fascinates me.

[atomic sagebrush]

I think it's a terrible idea and I do not recommend ANYONE doing that. I'm happy it worked for you but I would not recommend or advise anyone doing that.

NO ONE uses straight lime juice. They either mix the semen with lime juice and then insert it after the fact, or use a lime and water douche. This ends up being more like pH 4-5 range. Luckily you inserted the cran juice after BD so the semen was there as a buffer, but something with that low a pH has a huge potential to burn the skin, and anyone who used it BEFORE sex, would have a much lower chance of conception.

Thank you for asking about it, I appreciate that it worked for you but also appreciate you giving a thought to overall safety.

[atomic sagebrush]

Thank you! Do you feel then that the lime tampon/douche/splime thing isn't effective? I figured that it would help because the sperm would have to travel through the vagina to get to the egg. If the PH was low enough the male sperm would have a harder time making it? This fascinates me.

Since you put it in after the fact, it's pretty likely that the protective, high pH of the semen kinda "guarded" the sperm and some were able to get up inside and hit the egg. If you had done that beforehand it may have ended in a BFN.

The best data we have casts doubt on the whole pH thing anyway. http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...ph-pickle.html

We don't do a lot of douching on here. The newest and best science available shows that if the pH overall is below 6, there will be NO sperm in the cervix. Not X, not Y. People don't get pregnant with it and they end up getting really bad infections too. Plus, a lot of us on here got 2-3-4 or more opposites with the "old school" pH and timing stuff, so most of us were/are kinda over it. I got my girl without pH testing, douching, or supps, after getting my 4th BOY with pH of 4.5.

So again, I'm totally glad you got your desired gender, that's great, no one's trying to run down what you did or anything, it's just that most people DO get kids of both genders without trying and it's never totally sure if it was "this one thing I did" or if there were a lot of other things going on plus a healthy dose of luck that are why any of us get the genders we do. Thanks for sharing your experiences and thinking of the safety of others.

[PeaceLoveandXX]

That totally makes sense. I really appreciate your feedback.
The infection thing is scary! I had never heard of that! I generally don't using douching at all, just wanted to try to lower the PH after I had heard that women were having success with splime. Im glad to have your in depth response though! I won't recommend my method to others, lol. I really don't want something bad to happen.
What you mentioned about the semen acting as a buffer really makes sense too. I previously had tested DHs and it was incredibly alkaline. That would help to explain how any sperm survived to fertilize the egg with a PH as low as cranberry being used.

Either way, I am certainly blessed to have a sweet princess coming after 4 boys!

[atomic sagebrush]

So happy for you!! Welcome to the 4b, 1g club!