Lyns
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The important thing to realise about any so called TTC lubricant, is that they can help......and they can hinder!
Your natural CM does 2 jobs.
1/ It acts pretty much as a ladder to allow
to climb/swim to where they need to be, and if you don't have much natural EWCM, then using an artificial one can be a bonus, as it will help them get there. However, don't automatically assume that you don't have much natural if you are just going off an external view, so to speak.....most women have bucketloads if they know how to check properly internally. There's also a gazillion ways to naturally improve your CM and I'd most certainly try these before turning to an artificial replacement.
2/ Your natural CM also acts as a filter to the dodgy sperm getting through. I've been through RMC testing in 3 hospitals and at 2 of them, by pretty top FS guys, I've been told to use the bare minimum of it that I need, as removing that natural filter, does increase the potential miscarriage rate.
Now last time I posted that, I had a million girls all panicking through their 2ww, that they had somehow damaged their potential baby, and that is NOT the case.....the fact is that every fella has some dodgy swimmers and if one of those is the successful chappy, then that LO is unlikely to make it past the first few weeks anyway. It's not a definite, but it does mean a few more pregnancies' per 100 will be unsuccesful. However, in the right circumstances in can increase your chance, so for somepeople the odds will be increased....however for some the opposite will be true!
So, yes, if you do need a little help...use sparingly.....and externally! But if you don't, then I personally, don't fancy raising my risk level of another MC even higher.
And please.....don't get overly carried away by all that you read on the manufacturer's websites.....it's all very cleverly worded to make the product very attractive to us! They rather niftily forget the downsides!!
All that said....I do currently use the tiniest touch of Conceive plus.....I've recently had surgery (medical - not cosmetic!) that makes entry rather hard for my rather large OH
so I need just a little help. Having tried & researched throughly Preseed, Zestica and now this, it seems the best of a bad bunch, if you see what I mean!!
Your natural CM does 2 jobs.
1/ It acts pretty much as a ladder to allow
to climb/swim to where they need to be, and if you don't have much natural EWCM, then using an artificial one can be a bonus, as it will help them get there. However, don't automatically assume that you don't have much natural if you are just going off an external view, so to speak.....most women have bucketloads if they know how to check properly internally. There's also a gazillion ways to naturally improve your CM and I'd most certainly try these before turning to an artificial replacement.2/ Your natural CM also acts as a filter to the dodgy sperm getting through. I've been through RMC testing in 3 hospitals and at 2 of them, by pretty top FS guys, I've been told to use the bare minimum of it that I need, as removing that natural filter, does increase the potential miscarriage rate.
Now last time I posted that, I had a million girls all panicking through their 2ww, that they had somehow damaged their potential baby, and that is NOT the case.....the fact is that every fella has some dodgy swimmers and if one of those is the successful chappy, then that LO is unlikely to make it past the first few weeks anyway. It's not a definite, but it does mean a few more pregnancies' per 100 will be unsuccesful. However, in the right circumstances in can increase your chance, so for somepeople the odds will be increased....however for some the opposite will be true!
So, yes, if you do need a little help...use sparingly.....and externally! But if you don't, then I personally, don't fancy raising my risk level of another MC even higher.
And please.....don't get overly carried away by all that you read on the manufacturer's websites.....it's all very cleverly worded to make the product very attractive to us! They rather niftily forget the downsides!!
All that said....I do currently use the tiniest touch of Conceive plus.....I've recently had surgery (medical - not cosmetic!) that makes entry rather hard for my rather large OH
so I need just a little help. Having tried & researched throughly Preseed, Zestica and now this, it seems the best of a bad bunch, if you see what I mean!!
-- i think i used too much...
