Pre-seed and Instead Cups?

[watersign76]

Hi

Saw on another forum ttc success using Pre-seed (conception friendly lube) and Instead Cups (like disposable mooncups) to aid things.

Anyone use/tried?

Thanks
Ws

[Pinkie29]

I was intrigued by your post so had a look on google! There's a few on eBay might be worth a shot, sounds like you insert it soon after ejaculation and it holds the sperm right up on the cervix x

[KatAndKit]

Pointless. Semen is ejaculated at quite some pace. The good ones are immediately propelled through your cervix before you would even have had the chance to stick an instead cup up there.
The 99% that don't make it through the cervix are not up to the job. Holding them inside your vagina with a cup won't make them swim better!

Preseed is fine if you need to use lube. It's better than using KY or other lubes that are not sperm friendly. But if you are producing enough natural vaginal lubrication to have sex comfortably then you don't need Preseed.

[ScarlettInSpace]

I have to be honest I find the whole moon cup thing a bit weird [vaguely remembers talk of a thread that started with someone asking about this technique but using egg white instead of preseed... The phrase spunk frittata was used ]

[ScarlettInSpace]

Lol at pinkle 'worth a shot'

[fhdl34]

After 4 years TTC, and trying many things, we got pregnant the first cycle that we used preseed. It coincided with DH also having taken his multivits for 3 months so he could have just produced better sperm. Or it might have been the peptalk I gave his sperm after we'd DTD

[morecoffeewantsmorechoccie]

at spunk frittata! I have also heard the phrase fanjo omelette with regard to egg white as lube!

[morecoffeewantsmorechoccie]

In.response to your question op, we use conceive plus lube. Not tried the instead cups.will Google and might give them a go! When you've been ttc for 15months and no joy, anything worth a try!

[Kaloobear]

We used conceive plus and got pregnant the first month we tried it, after not getting pregnant for almost a year beforehand. However, we changed quite a lot of things that month, not just the lube, so can't necessarily say it was that that did the trick.

[thomasbodley]

If you are doing sperm-meets-egg plan, you have to SWI five days running and that takes quite some doing, IME, even with lots of natural lubrication.

We tried both Conceive Plus and Pre-Seed and both STINK. I felt incredibly self-conscious although DH pretended it wasn't that bad. It was.

Also, it's very hard to judge the right amount needed (because this, er, varies) and if you use too much, it is impossible to get the big O.

They're also very expensive and I've since heard that both coconut oil and Canola (brand name) oil are equally suitable and about a million times cheaper.

We'd have carried on using them, however, because KY is spermicidal. Except my HSG revealed I have blocked tubes because of fibroids and adhesions, so now I need a hysteroscopy, not slippery shagging

[Pinkie29]

scarlettinspace only just realised what i said haha! If we don't get it this cycle (no 3) then will try preseed and the cups, I'm pretty sure I have pcos and have a scan coming up to check so any help I can give us I will do

[roxy31]

Hello, I've tried using a mooncup the last 2 cycles ( on 10 now) and it hasn't worked for me yet - take katandkits point though.

Some people rave about them. I will be trying preseed next as seems it helps lots of long time ttc get a bfp.

[Pinkie29]

I've just ordered conceive plus and instead cups from amazon, might just arrive in time for the next window if I ov late, will try anything

[roxy31]

Ha I know what you mean. Af arrived today so I will be ordering some preseed!

[Pinkie29]

Ah sorry to hear roxy I'm currently cd day 14 just got my clearblue digital ov tester awaiting the LH surge, no smiley today! x

[watersign76]

Hi
Thanks everyone for the responses.

Sorry to hear of your diagnosis thomas. :(

Here is the original (PCOS board) thread with the happy ladies on it - forum.verity-pcos.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=32159

Might give the pre-seed ago, but I generally go to bed after SWI and I am a bit squemish so will give the cups a miss for now.

Good luck everyone. Here is to slippery shagging.

WS

[Pinkie29]

Thanks water just had a read all sounds very positive! I've got a scan in the next few weeks to check for possible cysts as I tick most of the boxes for pcos (minus obesity and excess hair) plus don't have much luck catching my LH surge do wonder if I actually ov every month! x

[roxy31]

Thanks Pinkie & good luck with the scan!

Well I bought the preseed to try this month. I couldn't get over how many people online attributed their bfps to this stuff - often on first go too!

So we tried a little bit of it last night for the first time, just to let you know it is a really nice product. Not sticky, just wet, also it is completely odourless - an earlier post said it had a smell?

Fx this helps us to get our very first bfp. If it does I'll be back to tell you all!

[Pinkie29]

Yeah I remember seeing one saying both preseed an conceive plus had a really bad odour, it's amazing there's so many ppl that say then lubricants and cups helped! Well I've still not had a smiley face but my fertile window on pink pad is showing as day 18-24 with ov happening on day 23 but this is based on an average cycle of 36 days :/ been testing since day 14 and gonna bd every other day the next week with preseed and cups, not sure when the scan is but am glad he's taking me seriously

[Pinkie29]

Well used the preseed and instead cup last night! No sign of a smiley on cb yet tho on cd 21 :/ anyways there was no smell at all I bought the box of 8 individual applications and put it as far back as i could, afterwards I ran to the bathroom and popped the cup in was a lot easier than I thought

[roxy31]

I'm due to ovulate in the next few days so any swi from now on we will be using preseed and the mooncup. Pinkie here's hoping this is our month!

Found out last night another friend is pg. due the same time as my other close friend due early December. I know it can't be rushed but feeling a bit sad & disappointed its not us.

[Pinkie29]

I feel the exact same and sit there thinking why hasnt it happened so quick for us :/ been the longest 3 months of my life hoping it won't take too long, clearly patience isn't one of my virtues x

[Pinkie29]

Woke up with a urine infection hope it's not linked to the conceive plus and cups! I am quite prone to them anyway x

[moggle]

I don't see how a mooncup will help - no idea whether the instead cups are different design, but a mooncup doesn't hold anything up by the cervix, the bottom of a moon cup sits just inside the opening of your fanjo so you can get it out easily. I've been using one for AF for 6 years now... Unless you sit with your legs in their air the whole time, gravity will make all the spunk just sit in the bottom of the cup ...

[roxy31]

I wouldn't have thought it is linked. I know me neither - any patience I had I think may have left me this month! Vmuch hoping the preseed does the trick!

[Angelico]

Pre-seed works well - we used pre-seed and Clear Blue monitor and got up-duffed first go much to DH's disappointment :o