August 22nd's Tip
Personal Lubricants: Let's take a look at some of the ingredients of your standard lubricant:
» Glycerine: Has been shown to be toxic to sperm. Is a sugar, so it can feed Candida albicans (that nasty little fungus that can cause yeast infections).
» Chlorhexidine digluconate: A human skin toxicant and skin irritant, possible carcinogen.
» Sodium hydroxide: Possible carcinogen, skin irritation at very low doses.
» Methylparaben: If you've been here before, you know to avoid parabens. They are skin toxicants and carcinogens, and have been found in the tissue of breast cancer tumors.
If you are trying to get pregnant, lubricants can make it harder, killing sperm or making movement for sperm very difficult. If you are pregnant, a study in 2003 showed that exposure to K-Y Jelly after fertilization caused a sever decline in the ability of embryos to form in vitro.
Thanks to Sarah from Yes Pure Intimacy for the info included with this tip. If using a lubricant, check out Yes, it doesn't contain any of the ingredients listed above, and they have a water-based as well as an oil-based version (and it comes in a neat looking bottle... I'm a sucker for cool packaging 
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6 Responses
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Becca
August 22nd, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Ok, so I must admit, I read this and emideatly went to check the one my husband and I use. The only thing I didn't see is Chlorhexidine digluconate. But I could have missed it.
Anyways, thanks soo much for the tip! I will go check out that site now.
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Organic Baby Food
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:41 am
Hmmmm.... crazy... you'd think someone would have figured out before now that ingredients in lube can kill sperm.
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Emma
August 24th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
I didn't know they used skin irritants in lube.
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Ashley
August 24th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
This entry is beyond scary! Although it's almost a bonus that the lube kills sperm, at least for someone in their early twenties, lol.
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Cay
August 25th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Thanks for the tip, i love eco-friendly Friday tips. And i really didn't know that lubricants can kill sperm. Very useful to know!
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Stefanie
August 28th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Becca, we don't use any, or I probably would have run to check, too!
Organic Baby Food, I'm sure they know it happens.
Emma, a lot of personal care products use ingredients that are skin irritants... cosmetics, shampoo, etc...
Ashley, lol, I was waiting for someone to comment on that!
Cay, I think it's something a lot of people didn't know!