a TTC question- lube

[pugz]

I was a target and walked past the lube today and suddenly I remember that we used the special Preseed stuff last time when we were TTC.  KY and the like kill sperm, right?  

or did I just make that up?

[Odonata]

From what I know, Preseed is the only one approved for TTC.

[Deleted]

I think the only thing said to "kill" sperm is salvia.

And I think pre-seed is the only "approved" one. I think KY and the others will be fine.

Fwiw- we used pre-seed for 4m ttc this time with no luck. Then the month we were going to skip but still had unprotected sex once just no pre-seed and I got pregnant. Haha and I'm sure we actually probably used saliva that time. Sorry for the TMI

[hilwithonelary]

While preseed is the only lube I know of that is specifically TTC safe, we only ever used regular lube and got pregnant right away both times.

[undecidedowl]

I have heard the same but I used water based for the first kid and silicone based for the second so they obviously don't kill them all!

[pugz]

yeah I mean I would need to actually ovulate to get pregnant, which would be a shocker if it happened by itself. I think we'll stick with what we have until we start fertility treatment, then switch to preseed, that stuff is $$$

[nextbigthing]

Get the preseed, but I didn't use the applicators, I just used it from the tube, because it is pricey!

[gogadgetgo]

I've also heard you can use olive/canola oil - less expensive and no sperm killing properties.

[jewel]

Preseed and Conceive Plus are both good. Conceive Plus is a bit cheaper, and easier to find in a regular tube (vs applicators): www.amazon.com/Conceive-2-5fl-oz-Multi-use-Fertility-friendly-Lubricant/dp/B002V0ZJ4Y/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1406501910&sr=8-3&keywords=preseed Also, I'm pretty sure that either can be paid via FSA funds, if you have some

We also tried Canola Oil one month, and did end up pregnant. Unfortunately that pg didn't work out, and I didn't get pregnant again (despite all of our special lubes) until we did IVF....so take that for whatever it's worth.

[Deleted]

Both times I got pregnant I used preseed. No lube any other time & pull out method.

[cinco]

I got pregnant with my first after I switched from KY to pre-seed (it was a few cycles into TTC). With our 2nd and 3rd we used pre-seed right away, and got pregnant the first cycle. It can't hurt!

[hymen]

Jul 27, 2014 18:32:09 GMT -5 @kirkette said:

Jul 27, 2014 17:17:31 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

I got pregnant the first month both times with ky.

Pretty much

Ditto.

[Deleted]

We used preseed without the applicator

[pierogigirl]

We used preseed without the applicator. I'm sure KY would be fine for most people, but I have (had) very irregular cycles and was AMA both times so I wasn't taking any chances.

[vanillacourage]

Coconut oil!!!!!





/jk. We never used fancy stuff. Up & Up for life.

[formerlyllizzyb]

I got pg twice using preseed (without the applicator). We had IF issues so I figured we needed all the help we could get.

However, many couples get pg using regular lube.