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

[IfAtFirstUDontSucceed]

Right, you lot are bad influences! I have caved & bought a jar today, it's only 10+ as I could only get to Tesco and it was £9.99 The girl at the till actually asked me if I realised it was that price, when I said yet she gave me a look to say "are you MAD??????"
Yup!

I had my first spoonful before, and it is actually quite nice, if a little sweet. If it works this cycle it's bloody magic stuff as I'm already on CD25 (UCL28)

[pinkapples]

Officially purchased! 25+ and £26 later hmmm hope it's worth it I'll try just about anything right now

[WishingIWasLucky]

I don't know whether this is due to the honey or not ..... Sorry for tmi : normally no cm to speak of; however- for the last few days had quite a lot: of all different descriptions! Nothing else changed apart from one teaspoon of 25+ honey consumption daily. Dh noticed it too . hope its a step nearer to BFP. Keep those fingers firmly crossed girlies! x

[WishingIWasLucky]

Oh and good luck everyone

[Ariesgirl]

This is my first post in Conception since throwing a strop a few weeks ago. I am definitely going to try some. Most of me is berating myself at the mere idea of spending that much on bloody HONEY, mind...

Tell me, does it actually act as sperm? Do you still need to have sex?

[louloubellamozzarella]

Got two 15+ 250ml jars off ebay today for £16.50 incl P&P! Did a bit of reading around and I think 15+ is a decent strength. I want to use it for skin and soothing colds too so couldn't really justify the 25+ as I think I'll use it quite fast.

The jar labels are slightly damaged (hence low price) but use by date is 2013 and they are sealed, so a bit of a bargain I think! Now let's hope this bloody works goes back to start of thread to clarify exactly how the honey is supposed to work.

[HaveALittleFaithBaby]

Hiya aries not seen.you for aaaaaaaggggesss nope this magic honey cures everything you'll ever suffer from
I think it's worth a try....cheaper than a lot of things we try during ttc...

[GenericDietCola]

Aries I think you still have to have sex. I suppose we might as well cover all bases as it were.

[kat2504]

There are no other bases to cover apart from having sex!
This is expensive exploitation of desperate women who will pay over the odds for anything that claims to get them pregnant.
aries is right.

JIZZ IS WHAT MAKES BABIES

If you want to spend lots of money, spend it on something that will actually help such as ovulation testing or a clearblue monitor.

We were all born without our parents forking out over the odds for a bit of honey. It really is just preying on desperation.

I, with my rather unhappy path to attempting to make a baby so far, have every sympathy with anyone who is struggling. I also don't want to see them waste lots of money.

If you like to eat this honey, go ahead. But don't expect it to magically impregnate you.

Rant over.

[louloubellamozzarella]

No Aries, the great thing about it is that you don't even have to have sex, the honey encourages immaculate conception between CD 10-15, my friend's sister's second cousin said. Lolz.

Am buying primarily cause of other reported health benefits (acid reflux for DP and general colds). Worth a try for TTC too if I'll be taking it anyway.

I can see where you're coming from with the exploitation angle (all those ridiculously priced fertility monitors, vitamins, etc). Would be interesting to see any valid research done on The Honey. creeps off to see if Ben Goldacre has anything to say on the matter

[WishingIWasLucky]

[Ariesgirl]

Kat I am howling at "If you want to eat this honey, go ahead." It's the thought of loads of 30-something women solemnly swallowing teaspoonfuls of expensive because they think it's yummy.

[Ariesgirl]

[TheHappyCamper]

dare I ask have we had any BFP's yet?

I am on CD24. I've been taking it twice a day for 12 days now I think.

I have no inkling either way this month but then I never do lol!

[PieMistress]

Guttingly out this month :( The most evil witch of all the witches got me yesterday! :(

I was only having a spoonful once a day in my herbal tea ....

[MammaInTheMaking]

oh gawd....i'm going bonkers. whilst in the honey isle at tescos i came across some manuka honey. said to DP that this is supposed to help with conception. DP sniggered and asked where on earth i find out this sort of information! Anyway, it went in the trolley and i had it on my porridge the next day. not as nice as regular squeezy honey!

[GenericDietCola]

Didn't work for me either pie - witch got me today. Not going to bother buying anymore - its stupidly expensive and I think my problems are probably too much for mere honey to fix! I quite enjoyed this little trial though - something different for last month. Next month I might try Preseed.

[PieMistress]

I agree generic think i'll finish the pot and see how I feel. We sometimes use conceive plus if I don't have much CM (similar to preeseed, can get it in Boots) but no bfp so far!

[WishingIWasLucky]

Hi girlies. Sorry for disappearing act: due to work commitments. Currently on cd23, out of a 28 day cycle- last two were 25?! Confused. No symptoms. where is the op? Getting a feeling that we've been duped- that she owned shares in manuka honey! Conspiracy theorist, moi?

[WishingIWasLucky]

Oh and sorry for the afs ladies, fingers crossed for next cycle being the lucky one x

[HaveALittleFaithBaby]

I'm still hanging in there by a thread, af due Sunday but spotting so reckon I'm out. Also over 1/2 way through jar not sure it really works but it tastes nice so I too will finish the jar and see...

[TheHappyCamper]

sorry af got you pie and cola ... was really hoping it might actually work!

faith and wishing - still keeping fingers crossed for you both.

I am also due on sun/mon and don't feel any different to normal so not getting hopes up. I've almost finished one 250ml jar but will still eat the other and see what happens.

[WishingIWasLucky]

Good luck Havealittlefaithbaby and Thehappycamper. I poas first thing this morning- BFN. Wanted to use and bin the preg test I had from my miscarriage back in march. It was a superdrug one, if that helps! Is cd 24 too early to test? Trying to be optimistic, but fairly certain that a teaspoon of honey on days that I remembered to take it is not gonna work miracles. We'll see. Keeping fingers crossed for evil witch to stay away! Fingers crossed for you ladies!

[HaveALittleFaithBaby]

Af arrived today :( think I will save the rest of my honey for when DH's health issues are treated and his swimmers are viable!

[TheHappyCamper]

sorry the witch arrived faith. It's rubbish isn't it x

CD29 here so I'm sure I'll get a visit tomorrow - not holding my breath although temp was still up this morning.

Surely the magic honey has impregnated one of us???