Will menevit help?

[farmgirl77]

Hello,
I've dug out dh's analysis, trying to work out if I should get him to take menevit. I try and get him to take the blackmores 'men's performance multi' which is ment to help fertility, but compared to menevit it has less folate, Vit C, Vit E, zinc and is missing a few other things...so given his analysis - does anyone know if menevit will help his little boys??? (our FS has not suggested it, but then it may just be that she is a bit worried about dh's response!)

• count - 4mill/ml (low)
• motility - 6% (low)
• mean velocity 26 microns/sec (low)
• morphology - 87% abnormal (high) (morphology mainly consists of small or absent acrosomes - what ever that means!)
• 59 % of sperm viable by dye - exclusion

Also, does anyone know which is better out of elevit or blackmores concieve well gold for women TTC?

thanks
fg

[Bel]

Hi Farmgirl,

Hope you are having a good day relaxing.

I really don't know much about helping the 'little boys'.

What I do know though is that our FS insisted DH go on Menevit. He said it can only help with sperm health.

I'm not sure of DH's analysis results before Menevit, but I know his results were great after having been on it for 3 months. I do know though that zinc is really important for the little boys. I'm sure that Menevit wouldn't hurt though, possibly only help.

I have also always been told to take Elevit. Don't know if there is really any difference, but I've been to 2 different clinics now and 2 different FS's and they have both said Elevit. I have heard that there is really not that much difference, more of a personal choice.

Hope I have helped..not just confused you!!

Big hugs always

Bel

[JodieC65]

Hi Farmgirl,

Hope you are having a lovely Sunday.

My FS recommended Elevit as it has a higher dose of Folic acid in one capsule rather than the two that you have to take with the Blackmores Pregnancy & BreastFeeding Gold. I think the Elevit capsule has 800 ug and one capsule of the Blackmores PBFG has 250 ug (just checked the back of the bottle).

However the Blackmores Conceive Well Gold has 500ug of Folic acid plus it has the CoQ10 in it as well which is not in the Elevit or the Blackmores PBFG ones.

I got this from the Blackmores Web Site :
CoQ10 ? Levels of CoQ10 decrease with age. Adequate levels of CoQ10 in the expectant mother are associated with healthy early stages of pregnancy. Low levels of CoQ10 in newly pregnant women are associated with unhealthy contractions of the womb.

I am currently taking the Blackmores Conceive Well Gold and then hopefully once the BFP arrives I will switch to the Elevit (taking only one capsule a day is more appealing to me than the two).

As for the Menevit, our FS did not mention this at all, but I am definately going to get DH onto it. He takes a Multi Vitamin but after doing some reading/research on the Menevit it certainly does seem better for sperm health.

I hope that this helps Farmgirl, let me know which way you decide to go.

Take care and lots of hugs.

Jodie

[barney]

hey FG hope your having a good weekend hun
well fs also has started dh on menevitte this time so we got it and his been taking it this hole cycle so i hope it helps i think it should
as for me it really varies for me some months i take elevite but others i take the blackmoers one,the blackmores is a bit dearer but i think i like that one better personal choice
good luk hunny

[~BecD~]

We were given a couple of bottle of Menevit for free from the clinic so hubby is on those at the moment. I definitely think it can't hurt. DH's issue is with motility and they said it's probably unlikely to help much with that, but you never know so we decided to go with it.

[MeredithD]

My DH doesn't have any known swimmer issues but my FS still thought taking menevit was a good idea - dertainly can't hurt!
I had been using Elevit for the past 3yrs - prior to DS, during BFing and then up until the last m/c.
At my last appt, however, my FS said she has been doing some research recently which showed that low iodine levels can be harmful to early pg. Eleveit has no iodine. She is now reccomending the Blackmores Concieve Well. So, I am now on this, plus am also taking Megafol 5mg folic acid as there isn't a lot in the blackmore's and any extra is just excereted my the body... HTHs!

[Amaunet]

Hi Farmgirl...just found this thread. My DH has been taking menevit for 3 months...he had a low count etc...and we just got a BFP - I would def recommend!

[Baby Dreamtime]

Hi everyone, just thought I would post to say I say FS today, in discussion about what other options we could consider/change for our next IVF stim cycle, they have recommended DH go on Menevit. His sperm samples are all normal/good, they have said not to expect so much as an improvement on the sperm results, however they believe that Menevit has a positive impact on quality of DNA, so hopefully will result in better quality embies, more blasties etc.

I wish they had suggested this earlier (DH has been on a multi vit, zinc, fish oil etc). So fingers crossed it has an improvement. Just thought I would share.

Hugs xx