Personal Lubricant Choices Affect Male Fertility

Copyright 2005 Majellaus
While scientific studies continue to tout the benefits of
technology in assisted reproduction, relatively little is known
about natural methods of fertility enhancement The importance
of the cervical mucus environment and it’s affects on the
function of male spermatozoa is underappreciated In the absence
of cervical mucus, or in the case of vaginal dryness, couples
frequently resort to personal lubricants In recent studies,
some of the commonly recommended lubricants, like KY®,
Astroglide®, and Replens® have been found to actually damage
sperm, perhaps even at a rate that is equivocal to contraceptive
Jellies (http://wwwhelpconceivecom/hcunderEffectshtml)
Brand new evidence from a comparative study presented at the
Cojoint Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive
Medicine suggests that only Pre-Seed® did not appear to cause
significant damage to sperm
In the first experiment, sperm was incubated for 30 minutes
Motility measurements were 66% in the lubricant-free
environment, versus 2% for Astroglide®, and 64% for Pre-Seed®
In the second experiment, sperm were evaluated after 4 hours of
incubation for damage to the genetic material and graded
according to the DNA fragmentation index Pre-Seed demonstrated
the smallest effect with a 7% increase over the control (no
lubricant)
The findings of this and other studies are significant At the
Saint Gerard Fertility Care Center, we always ask about personal
lubricants and the only one that we recommend during the fertile
time is Pre-Seed® Another reason to use Pre-Seed is because
Pre-Seed is also the only personal lubricant that meets
physiologic pH and osmolarity requirements for sperm and may
protect against the harmful effects of free radicals
Recently I interviewed a woman who had been going to an
infertility specialist for more than 10 years and after
undergoing many medical treatments and surgical procedures with
no pregnancies to show for it, she is now facing menopause
Interestingly, she and her spouse were using KY® routinely In
fact, they were buying it “by the box” She was surprised to
find out about the effects of KY®
We believe that combined with the monitoring of fertility and
cervical mucus, Pre-Seed can be added to a program of
infertility (when fertility is present and cervical mucus
quality is poor) as a routine recommendation for assisting
couples who desire to achieve pregnancy the natural way At our
center, we have an easy to learn protocol that combines the
monitoring of fertility and the use of Pre-Seed for this
purpose

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