Atomic! Balance Activ?

[zanacal]

... and Stella got pregnant not very many hours after using a whole tube! You're right though, they can't just say without having checked it out, in which case it's working as a pH lowering tool you only have to use every 3 days. It doesn't get my pH particularly low though I don't think - I thought the strips weren't working for me because they always came out the same colour (probably around a 5) but with the Balance Activ yesterday I was getting an orange colour. I'm testing Aci-jel today!

[zanacal]

Hmm, the strip is green an hour after using 1/4 applicator of Aci-jel (ie. much more than a finger tip full!). I think I'm going to have to do the Balance Activ again tomorrow to make sure it wasn't a fluke!

[Inglewood]

I got acijel and my Ph shot up!! Got replens and it did lower ph, but u'll all know of the nasty after effects!! What does rephresh do??? My ph is around 3.5-4, which is fine, but during and after dtd it shoots up to 6 and dh and I had a combined ph of 8 once!!!

[Inglewood]

... and Stella got pregnant not very many hours after using a whole tube! You're right though, they can't just say without having checked it out, in which case it's working as a pH lowering tool you only have to use every 3 days. It doesn't get my pH particularly low though I don't think - I thought the strips weren't working for me because they always came out the same colour (probably around a 5) but with the Balance Activ yesterday I was getting an orange colour. I'm testing Aci-jel today!

GL!! sounds very interesting.... will be good to know how u got on. x

[zanacal]

purplefairy - what are the nasty after effects, I have no idea!!

The Replens website also says it doesn't affect sperm motility but I found this on the web:

One of the mistakes couples often make is to use lubricants that they didn't think were unsafe for sperm. The common notion is that "as long as the lubricant does not contain a spermicide or is water soluble, it safe to use when you want to get pregnant." Wrong! A study published in the International Journal of Fertility and Menopausal Studies found that four popular brands of vaginal lubricants (K-Y Jelly, Touch, Astroglide, and Replens) inhibited sperm motility by as much as 60-100% after an hour of incubation. Exposure to Astroglide and Replens resulted in nonviable and nonmotile sperm after incubation.

I'll have to try and find the study later ....

[DoulaMama]

Hahaha! I have the nasty after effects as well! Chunks of white globby bits coming out of me for 2 days straight! Yummy!

This is a really interesting thread! I'm excited to see what your sway ends up being!

[rainbowflower]

I'd like to see that study, and also interested in your findings zanacal. Although incubation might be different to actually being inside - who knows, within an hour maybe the sperm that would have survived would have already swum through the cervix. I wonder if those brands responded to that article.

[zanacal]

I can only find the abstract of that study but this one is similar:

http://www.pre-seed.ch/pdf/etude1.pdf

I guess it's a balancing act because for girl sways we are trying to reduce sperm count, but of course we want to get pregnant too!

I'm currently thinking that a JAD might be overkill and I also want to see the furthest away from DTD that I could use this Balance Activ and still experience the pH lowering effect. Might see if I can use less than an applicator full too.

[rainbowflower]

don't have time to read that at the moment, but even the URL makes me think that that one might be biased

[zanacal]

Oh yes, pre-seed was the only one that came out as 'good for conception', however I saw the same study in several places and that was just the easiest link. It just backs up the thinking that pre-seed is the only lube/gel to sway boy!!