I took DH's pH ...

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh Yes pinkdreams - let us know!

Hey guess what Z - we tested DH last night and........you guessed it 10!!!! So I frantically found this post again! He hasn't been on Cran during 2WW but I put him STRAIGHT back on it and added a baby asprin. Also told him to have an extra Diet Coke (caffeine free lol!) during the day. Do you think that's enough or should I double his Cran?

Curious Q - is he doing frequent release too?? I am thinking that frequent could cause pH to rise?????

[atomic sagebrush]

My hubby had ph in the 8-9 range... one weekend when he wasn't taking the other pills yet he took 12hr sudafed for four days and his ph went down to 6.5. For each of our attemps he take saw palmetto 360mg, licorice root 200mg, 1000mg calcium, 250 mag, 16,800mg cramberry w/c in it, zyrtec in the am, benydrl in the pm, and sudafed 2x's a day. We are not going to use any gels or douches with the next try.

Plus, Sudafed could possibly be more safe for DH to take than DW because the link to strokes was in young women, not men. I still don't love you guys taking it though.

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh no sassy!

Wow purple, your DH is a good boy taking all his supps, lucky you

Don't panic Indira!

I took our combined pH last night (and I'm honestly going to stop taking pH very soon!) and it was about a 7, which isn't great but not hideous considering I hadn't used anything to lower pH 'down there' yet.

I was thinking about it and I reckon Sylk is a good addition to Aci-jel/Rephresh because it provides a shot of low pH right at the moment before the sperm arrive on the scene, and if you use it on DH then it's going to get spread about in all the nooks and crannies (if you see what I mean!). So, scrap what I said about adding Aci-jel after (which I wasn't completely comfortable with because I don't see what adding something right at the entrance is going to do deep inside!) - we'll still use Aci-jel before our attempt but we'll use Sylk as a lube and then I won't add anything after.

I am on board with that plan! I hope it gives you some peace of mind.

I don't think combined pH with no jellies is bad AT ALL. In fact, it's really kinda awesome considering where his pH is.

[atomic sagebrush]

Remind me the Ph of Sylk? Given I won't be ....ahem....aroused as much, sylk might be a good option and help with those nooks and crannies!

It's between 4.5 and 4.7 depending. Plus, I know of people who got baby girls from Sylk!!!

http://www.sylk.com.au/whatis/faq.html

[zanacal]

Thanks Atomic. It had crossed my mind too that the crazy amount of releasing might have something to do with the high pH(he's taking my request to release frequently very seriously lol!). Interesting thought too about the wine - DH is drinking quite alot of it lately and I haven't suggested he shouldn't because I thought it would lower his pH. Maybe I'll just get him to lay off it the day of/night before our attempt just in case.

[pinkdreams]

Ok- mission accomplished DH original PH was 8.12. What I did was lined the sides and bottom of 2 shot glasses with a small amount of both rephresh and replens (one in each glass). Not terrible scientific I know but it was the best I could come up with The results were very close to the same with both products. At 20 seconds the PH was 7.8 for rephresh and 7.9 for replens. At 1 minute they were both at about 6.65 then at 3 minutes they were both 6.5. the numbers dropped pretty rapidly initially, if anything the rephresh was a tad quicker, so if my experiment has any validity I would say they had an effect on the semen quite rapidly. I was impressed and encouraged!!

[zanacal]

Wow Pinkdreams, that's very cool! Now wash those shot glasses thoroughly

[pinkdreams]

[happyheart]

Ok- mission accomplished DH original PH was 8.12. What I did was lined the sides and bottom of 2 shot glasses with a small amount of both rephresh and replens (one in each glass). Not terrible scientific I know but it was the best I could come up with The results were very close to the same with both products. At 20 seconds the PH was 7.8 for rephresh and 7.9 for replens. At 1 minute they were both at about 6.65 then at 3 minutes they were both 6.5. the numbers dropped pretty rapidly initially, if anything the rephresh was a tad quicker, so if my experiment has any validity I would say they had an effect on the semen quite rapidly. I was impressed and encouraged!!

How cool!!!

[Sassy]

ROFL - We all owe you a drink pinkdreams....from a different glass!!! That's very interesting! So I now need to get into my head a plan for which days I'll use Rephresh......anyone got a plan they'd like to share?

Atomic - No, DH hasn't been frequently releasing.....that I know of!