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Question about Lubricants

I have been doing a lot of reading on lubricants as I am an avid user of KY jelly..  We always do foreplay but generally use a little bit to start then use a little bit on the tip of his penis, etc for easy insertion.  

I have been hearing and reading about the potential for it to kill sperm, or make them immobile.  I have also read about pre-seed and even the general use method (using the little tube to insert it) doesnt seem to be how we would use lubricant so I cant see how that would help.  I am never dry on the inside (sorry tmi)  and it is used for comfort purposes during the penetration portion but I dont know what to think....

I have been using KY jelly for years now (even a little with condoms), and when I conceived last time, I definitely was using it that time soo clearly its possible  to get pregnant while using these products..

I am trying to keep myself sane by telling myself to keep doing what we have been doing until we encounter problems but its hard... I conceived last time without "trying" while using KY Jelly.
This will be the first month we are having sex without protection since the miscarriage so I cant really say that we have had issues with conceiving yet... especially since it says it can take up to a year to conceive.

What are people's thoughts here?  An internal lubricant is not really what we are looking for sooo
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1285651 tn?1319642429
Preseed also makes lube that's used externally. It is the exact same look and feel (if not better) as KY but is sperm friendly. That's what we used when we were ttc because the Clomid I was on was drying me up "down there". It must have done some good because we got our BFP the following month. I dont know if they sell Preseed in stores or not but we got ours online for about $14. Good luck!!
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1187113 tn?1320691496
you can use the preseed on the tip of his penis as well...you don't necessarily have to insert if vaginally...
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saliva works just has good
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