Swimming Upstream

I was recently enlightened to the fact that lube can form a sort of sperm barrier*! This has, of course, warranted the creation of a sperm-friendly lubricant for those trying to get preggers. A company named INGfertility has come up with Pre-seed, an "intimate moisturizer" that helps give the little swimmers more than a fighting chance. All the info you could want about this product is on their website, including fancy microscopic images and slightly baffling scientific tables. You can order Pre-seed from the most wonderful Come As You Are.


*Please note that personal lubricant (K-Y, Wet, Astroglide, whatever your druthers) is NOT, in any way, a contraceptive device. When they say sperm barrier, they simply mean that if a couple is trying to get knocked up, lube may slow down the process in some cases. And for many couples, sperm needs all the help it can get to make it to the egg. That's why this product exists. Don't even think about using any type of lube as a contraceptive device on its own. Even if it has nonoxynol-9 in it. Seriously. Don't even think about it. I do not recommend that.