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Reviewed for scientific accuracy by: Dr. Mona Bungum
Last reviewed: December 2025
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takes 3 minutes to complete00:00:01 Hello and welcome to another video in my mini-series on busting myths about sex and fertility. In this video I would love to bust the myth that lubricants can help get you pregnant. It's really important to know that initially lubricants were created for the sole purpose of doing just that, increasing lubrication during sex and so with that awareness it's important to note doing just that, increasing lubrication during sex and so with that awareness it's important to note that the standard lubricants out there create ingredients like parabens, silicone, glycerin that actually impact sperm's vitality and also its motility which is its ability to travel through the cervix and into the
00:00:53 female body towards the egg and so the standard lubricants out there actually can impede the female body towards the egg and so the standard lubricants out there actually can impede the chances of conception and with this growing awareness of studies have found this many of the big lubricant companies out there that produce it have brought out a range specifically for fertility and conception so you will find sperm-friendly and fertility-friendly lubricants out there. So I'm going to show you a few of them and then I'm going to show you a few of them. So I hope that this has been informative and useful if you want to check out my other videos
00:01:25 So I hope that this has been informative and useful if you want to check out my other videos in this web series please do and I wish you a wonderful rest of your day.
