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Hi Girls,
As there has been a few suggestions about using real egg white lately, I was wondering who has used this (I know Lucy has) and how they did (TMI welcome!).
What are the risks, and how do I find out more info. I am not ready to try it just yet, I am still working on the O factor, I am using OPK this month.
Just thought it would be a worthwhile thread...
**Edited by BellyBelly - making this topic a sticky as it's a common question!***
I was going to say "Lucy has" but you already know that!
I haven't used them myself, but wanted to wish you the best of luck!!
GOOD LUCK!!
Hi! Mel,
There is a TTC.com site that has the answers in the FAQ section.Also there are a zillion success stories with early pg symptoms there too alot of them have used real eggwhites.Also you can email Momma Kath she is very helpful.
Andrea
P.S. I forget the board I was on but a forty yr old woman used them and got pg! That really gave me hope.If this month is a bust I think I'll give it a try.
Guys,
The real egg white thing is widely debated........Toni Weshcler in her book Taking Control of Your Fertility recommends it, and I have read about it on other sites (mostly US sites).
I investigated it myself and asked a GP friend of mine her medical opinion, & also my OB. The both said pretty much the same thing: "There is no scientific proof, but as long as everything is scrupulously clean, & you minimise the risk of infection, it can't hurt to try".
Real egg whites replicate the same consistency as cervical mucus, and have a very neautral ph balance, which helps sperm get to the right place.
So, used in conjunction with charting/OPK's, so that you are maximising your BD timing with ovulation, egg whites MIGHT help in conception.
Below are some "instructions" that summarise what you need to do: always make sure that everything you use is scrupulously clean.
~ Take a fresh egg
~ Leave it out to allow it to get to room temp
~ Crack it open and separate the yolk from the white
~ Mix the egg white up a bit to "break it up" with a clean fork
~ Use a pippette or a mini baster to collect about 15ml of egg white
~ Insert into the vagina
~ BD straight away
~ Pray you don't get an infection
~ Wait 2 weeks and pray you get a BFP!
It goes without saying that you should check with your Dr if you are at all unsure of this method.
Is it common to get an infection :shock:
Sorry that line just freaked me out LOL!
*hugs*
Cailin
Cailin, no it's not common to get an infection, but becasue it is basically a foodstuff that you are putting up your hoohaa, then there is a possibility of infection, if you are not using clean implements or if you used a less than fresh egg...........
Ahhhh ok then :) Well that sounds not so bad ;)
*hugs*
Cailin
Hi,
I have been TTC for 2 years and used egg white for a month a few cycles ago and got pg!! unfortunatley m/c a few weeks later. So I am a fan of egg white, But I did not insert it, we just used it as a lubricant basically so it was probably a complete coincidence that it worked.
So is the opinion that the egg white actually has magical conception properties, or is just a sperm friendly version of normal lubricant?
I do know that sperm friendly lubricants arestarting to get marketed.. dont know how available they are though.. I know ones called.. preseed... I remember seeing an ad on an american website.. (which means we prob dont have it in aus.. lol)
K
Both!
From my understanding, as a natural lubricant it is totally sperm friendly, & a lot cheaper than products such as pre-seed.
It also affects the ph balance of the cervial mucus, which can help some couples......I remember reading that in the US & UK they do "post-coital" tests which measures the ph balance of the semen and cervial mucus combned, and some womens CM simply kills of sperm straight away, wheras the egg white can neutralise this impact.
(Post-coital testing is not routinely done is Australia, but I sometimes wonder if maybe it should......it would maybe solve some peopels "unexplained fertility"? I imagine it is fairly undignified, but I'd have been happy to undertake the test to get some answers!)
HTH........
The post coital test was the first one Dr H did for me when I started seeing him. The results of the first test were inconclusive so he got us to repeat it.
Basically, you have sex and then the next morning, you go to the doctor who takes a speculum and removes a sample to look at under the microscope. It's pretty painless and it's good to know if your mucus and DH's sperm don't seem to agree. At least a course of treatment can then be plotted (this is the reason I'm having AI).
You're right, it does sound undignified but I think once you head down this road, you pretty much have to leave your dignity at the door. I've lost all of mine now and even I can't believe how little I care.
LMHO at hoohaa, I had coffee coming out my nose!:
Sam.....funnily enough when Kelly read that she MSN'd me straight away saying the same thing!
Hi Kirby,
You can get Preseed here now, but at about $6 per BD, it is much more expensive than eggwhite.
Hey Mel - Dignity? Whats that??? ;)
Keen
$6 a BD is a bit steep! Does it come in sachets or something?
Oh No, I have just read this post and am now worried that the lubricant DH and I use may be the reason I am not getting pg? We use 'Wet Stuff'.
Hey Sophie,
To be honest, I think that as long as there are no sperm issues with DH and the lube you're using doesn't contain spermicide, it probably won't make a huge difference to whether or not you get pg. People get pg all the time using normal lubricants. Actually, with my 1st pg I think we were using the same lubricant as you and we didn't have any probs with the actual getting pg part of things.
However if you want to maximise your chances of getting pg and make sure that all those little swimmers are getting a fair go then you may want to look into using a more sperm friendly lubricant.
Good luck!
To those interested in Pre-Seed, our adveriser who sells HPT's and OPK's now sells Pre-Seed - check them out here: https://www.bellybelly.com.au/directory/
HI Sammi-J,
Yes Preseed comes in little sealed applicators. I think they are not supposed to be exposed to air until you want to use them. You are also supposed to insert 15 minutes before BDing which takes the spontaneity out of it!!
In Woolies today I saw a lubricant which is suppose to be all natural without spermicide called "Sylk"????/ Anyone heard of it or used it and got pg?
I used Sylk quite a few years ago - but wasnt trying to conceive then. So cant tell you about its success.
Keen
Hi guys,
No one has posted here for a while, but I just want to let you all know that we used Pre-seed for the first time this cycle, and we got pregnant!!! Who knows whether it is the reason why, but I reckon it helped, as I didn't have heaps of CM, and the spermies need good EWCM to get up the cervix and further.
Yes it does come in 6 sealed packs, which makes it expensive, but we only used it the two peak ovulation days that we BDd. I "inserted" it then got busy, and we were both happy with it!!
The website that sells it have a special on this month - you get free express postage if you buy before June 30th - pretty good, as that will save you $6 or $7.
Hi,
:D
Im new to this place, so I thought I'd introduce myself before I dive in to the discussions, My name is Lauren. I live in England with my boyfriend of 2 years. We have just started trying about a month ago and no luck as of yet...though that would be a mirricle! :-s
My first hot topic is Hostile Mucus.....Any of you heard of it? :-k
Lauren
Hi all,
Well i used eggwhite in my last ovulation, and i got preggers.
We have been trying for 14 months, and no luck then i read about using real eggwhites, gee it was a laugh a minute.
I had been on clomid for 3 months, so i dont no if the eggwhites did the trick for me or it was coincidence, but i had no CM before i started with clomid.
Another thing i tried as well was maca powder, it is suppossed to get your hormone levels back on track.
Anyway whatever the reason I AM PREGNANT but i think the eggwites had a lot to do with it.
chrissy :D :bfp:
So that is at least 2 people in here that have been sucessful with it.... I reckon that if we aren't lucky this cycle... I will give it a go!
Only new to this site - I dont know about egg white but on one off the other sites 2 ladies have gone the Olive oil as lube and hey pesto...opps I meant presto (':cryinglaugh:')
Laughing hard they habe fallen pregnant....
whatever it takes - at least we can laugh at ourself.
Mel
I read somewhere that using albumen is good for teying to concieve a boy. This is because usually the vagina has a low pH which can kill of most of the boy sperm. Using Albumen can nutralize the pH and make it more friendly for concieving a boy :)
If we ever ttc again I may try it ;)
Tanya
I am not sure if this has been posted but there is a sperm friendly lunricant called "Pre-Seed"! I purchased some but ended up getting my BFP that month!! I have heard ppl swear by it! I ordered mine online! HTH!
I have heard of ew's being successful but i really did not want to use my eggs for that! hehehe...and i had heard of some ppl getting infections too!
has anyone ever seen the product Pre seed in chemists? or can you only order it online? Why is 15 dollars for 3 but over 40 dollars for 6???
Runnermum- I agree with you regarding the price of preseed $15 for 3 & over $40 for 6. I brought mine online Sunday gone so it should be in the mail by tonight. I'm not happy with the price either especially that its in application form. I thought you brought a small tube/bottle for that price. There has to be something else out there on the market that is cheaper especially for people like me who has irregular cycles. I do use opk's but I still need to BD from cd12 to 17. 3 applications wont cover me here.
Hi my name is seminay and was just reading some of the articles there where on egg whites using at a lubricant just wondering if there where any sucess stories on the egg whites if anyone had fallen pregnant using it.
also me and my fiancee have been trying to conceive over a year now and have tryed alot of things and had no luck just wondering if egg whites might help is there any dangers with using it.
thanks sem :)
just wondering whether anyone is still using this site?? Any new lubricant apart from pre seed??
I used Egg whites this cycle for lub.... DP didn't know :) I know I would've copped a lot of stupid q's if I had've told him...lol
Anyway, I'll let you all know how I go in a couple of weeks :)
*update* BFP... doubt that eggwhite where what helped... but hopefully htey got some of those Y spemies to their destination :)
well my last post on this thread was a while ago, aug last year, that pregnancy i used egg whites, unfortunatly ended in a misscarrige.
I am now pregnant again, after not even trying, did not even think about trying to get pregnant.
Best of luck everyone
chrissy:flower: