Manuka honey helping to concieve?

[Roxanne123]

Hi ladies, i know the pain of wanting to get pregnant after trying for so long.

7 people i know who had been trying to concieve between 6months and 3years gave me a tip... they were having 2 spoonfuls of manuka honey umf25+ a day.. all of them who now have children or are pregnant.

After ttc for 14 months i decided to give it a go... i am now 13+2 :)

This may be a total fluke but if it can help anyone at all its worth putting it out there

xxx

[WishingIWasLucky]

Piemistress- that sounds like you're actually enjoying it?! I can't stand the taste AT ALL. I try to get it down QUICK.

[WishingIWasLucky]

Oh, sorry... Meant to ask why are you going to bed at midday Piemistress? Are you in a country other than the UK or are you a night worker? Hope you don't mind the inquisition, curiosity just got the better of me- sorry :-)

[GenericDietCola]

I'm having a couple of teaspoons in porridge in the morning and trying to have another spoon in the evening. Just had a cup of lemon and ginger tea with a teasppon of honey in it - very nice.

Who's up first with the testing then? Exciting that people have been rushing out to buy it on the strength of this thread - hope it actually works.

[TheHappyCamper]

Oh God, I just caved and bought some 25+ in Holland Barret for £25!!! They were right by the till so I reckon I'm not the only one who's been buying it this week lol!

My DH and SIL were with me so I had to come clean - they were like and but I said I'd try anything now... we have been ttc #2 for 17 months.

I want to be the first BFP please - I reckon I'm due to ovulate within the next 48 hours so am going to have a spoon tonight before DTD!

How cool would it be if this actually works and we all get pg! Good luck ladies

[PieMistress]

wishing it's actually really nice in tea! I'm adding honey instead of my usual spoonful of sugar :) My post was also badly written! I'm in the Uk and not going to bed at midday, too many 'justs' in my sentence!

I'm not due to test for a good week . Have my CD21 blood tests again on Monday. Last month they were BAD and GP basically said I didn't ov (although my FF charts indicated I did so who knows WTF is going on!!). My recent (ish) m/c has totally screwed my cycle up PAH PAH PAH! :(

I would LOVE it if this thread threw out a whole bunch of bpfs - that would be AMAZING! :) :) :) Good luck everyone!

[Karbea]

I've got myself some +15 today, let's hope it works!

[SlightlyBabyCrazed]

Oh, no, another expensive addition to my daily intake to ensure I get preggo before the end of the year! On H+B the 500g pot is £26.79 - am adding to basket........ but if I buy two then I save on p+p....dilemmas!

[nearlymumofone]

Roxanne- how long were you taking the honey for before you got BFP? And what about the other people you know that it worked for?

[nearlymumofone]

ignore me! I was just being lazy- have re-read the start of the thread and it was 4-6 weeks... thanks!

[GenericDietCola]

Ooh 4-6 weeks isn't too long to wait! Come on!

[HaveALittleFaithBaby]

Anyone up the duff yet?!

[WishingIWasLucky]

Havealittlefaithbaby: I'm only on cd 12 - not holding any high hopes, but hey- I'll give everything a trial of at least three months: what's to lose? My cycle has been steadily reducing from the regular 28 day cycle that I had to a 25 day one. Finding it quite difficult to pinpoint ovulation, using smiley OPKs, reading TCOYF, very frustrating after ttc for over 2 years and a miscarriage in march at over 8 weeks:-(

[PieMistress]

wishing have you tried acupuncture? My cycles and ovulation have been all over the place since my m/c in May but have been for 4 sessions of acupuncture and am noticing a difference. My ov is back to CD17 which is what is was pre m/c (it had been CD12 and CD19 post m/c and pre-acupuncture).

[WishingIWasLucky]

Piemistress: it's so hard to pick yourself up and continue with the same optimism after a knockback, isn't it? Will book some sessions on Monday. Will keep you updated too. Thanks hon x

[WishingIWasLucky]

Anyone else finding the honey too sickly? Where's Roxanne gone? Does she know what she's started even?!

[PieMistress]

wishing sorry to read about your m/c. It really sucks doesn't it :( :(

I can't eat it off the spoon, I need to have it in my warm (not hot) tea. Bleurghhh!

[WishingIWasLucky]

Piemistress: yes, its horrid, especially as it's getting closer to EDD, and friends all around me in RL blooming in their pregnancies. So sorry for your loss too. How many weeks pregnant were you? Hope you are faring better then me. Glad you're enjoying the honey though! Hehehe x

[TheHappyCamper]

wishing sorry to hear about your mc. Horrible
... you should get our first bfp

CD16 here and finding the honey disgusting but taking it in tiny licks off a spoon in between mouthfuls of hot tea!

[TheHappyCamper]

so sorry, I mis read - piemistress aswell x

[WishingIWasLucky]

That's so very kind of you Happy! I do the same: lick it off the spoon pulling faces with every lick! It's disgusting in a weird way! Here's Fingers Crossed for each and every one of us FX

[PieMistress]

wishing I was 7 weeks (it was in May) . I also have several friends with nice big bumps that are due after I was :( There is a great thread called 'Just MC and Ready to Try Again' - you should come and join us! I'd have been totally lost without it, those ladies have been a life saver!

Thanks for the good vibes happy here's to BFP for all of us!

[JennaP]

This may be a silly question but does the honey have to be taken on it's own? I've been trying for six months. I finally meet MR right and tick tock, tick tock!

[hickorydick]

I'm hanging around in here to see if it works before spending all my money on special honey. Holland and Barrett have sold out of 500g jars on their website (due you lot no doubt!) and as I was entering my card details into another site ready to buy I realised I may have actually gone a bit mad...

If it works for you ladies then I shall invest. Good luck everyone!

[WishingIWasLucky]

Very wise Hickorydick! I'm sure we'll update if any of us gets a BFP!

[GenericDietCola]

DH has just bought me some honeycomb biscuits with cinnamon! Has he been reading this? I don't tell him any of my crazy ideas to help us ttc so that is very clever of him to have noticed my recent honey and cinnamon consumption!