Hi Girls

I just received this email from the Candace Hopkins Gender Selection Website and wanted you all to read it. We are TTC a girl and I admit to using the vinegar once. Luckily I received this email today - just before I was going to try the vinegar again. Please pass this information to everyone you know - it has really freaked me out.

* WARNING Notice *
~ You MUST read this! ~

January 12, 2008
I would like to take the opportunity to warn you about a well known and commonly used method to balance the woman's pH level that could possibly hurt you and your baby.
Unfortunately, a lot of women are using this method to raise or lower the pH level of their reproductive tract depending on which gender they wish to conceive:
The use of water & vinegar OR
water & baking soda vaginal douche!

The chemicals in vaginal douches may irritate your vagina
and change the normal balance of good bacteria.
Douching also can spread an infection from your vagina or cervix up into the uterus, increasing your risk of getting pelvic inflammatory disease (also called PID).
PID is a painful infection of the fallopian tubes that can cause you to be unable to get pregnant. Please don't take this issue lightly.
Here's an article on the subject from the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services of
the United States:
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Douching is rinsing or cleaning out the vagina (also called the birth canal) by squirting water or other solutions (such as vinegar, baking soda, or douching solutions you can buy at drug and grocery stores) right into the vagina.
The water or solutions are held in a bottle and squirted into the vagina through tubing and a nozzle.
Health care providers do NOT recommend douching because it changes the delicate chemical balance in the vagina (and the vaginal flora), which can make
a woman more prone to bacterial infections.
It also can spread existing vaginal or cervical infections up into the pelvic organs, including
the uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries.
Research shows that women who douche tend to have more problems than women who do not douche.

These problems include:
• Vaginal irritation
• Vaginal infections (bacterial vaginosis or BV)
• Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
• Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
Women who douche are also more at risk for getting pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). PID is an infection of a woman's pelvic organs.
It is caused by bacteria, which can travel from a woman's vagina and cervix up into her pelvic organs. It can lead to ectopic pregnancy (pregnancy in the fallopian tube instead of the uterus) and infertility
(not being able to get pregnant).
Both BV and PID can lead to serious problems during pregnancy, such as infection in the baby, problems with labor, and early delivery.
Research has shown that douching may affect a woman's ability to get pregnant. In women trying
to become pregnant, those who douched had the lowest pregnancy rate.
Other research has shown a link between douching and having low birth-weight babies.
Studies also show that douching greatly increases
the chance of ectopic pregnancy, which can be a
life-threatening condition.
Ectopic pregnancy is when the fertilized egg attaches inside of the fallopian tube instead of in the uterus.