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    miss-spunkin    May 29, 2010   Midwest

    Does anyone know of any good chewable prenatal vitamins?

    I've been taking the ones you swallow, but they're been making me sick and my stomach can't keep them down (I'm 11 weeks, so I still have some MS). I really want to be able to get all the nutrients I need and since I'm not eating much I know I need it! But swallowing makes me sick!

     

     
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    MrsMaine    May 29, 2011   Boston, MA

    Target has really good gummy ones. They are Target's Up & Up brand.

     
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    RR    October 2012  

    @MrsMaine: I have those, too : ) They are good. 

    OP-They do not include iron though (at least the one I get does not). It may be the iron that is making you feel sick.

    General Sidenote, don't get the Target brand gummy Omega 3 Fish Oil.  Horrible doesn't even begin to explain it.

     
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    MrsMaine    May 29, 2011   Boston, MA

    @RR: I love the yellow lemon ones!!

     
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    RR    October 2012  

    @MrsMaine: I love any type of berry color.  I'm trying to eat all the colors evenly!

     
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    miss-spunkin    May 29, 2010   Midwest

    @RR: Yeah, I've been finding that too by looking around online, most gummies don't have iron. 

    I'll try calling my midwife during business hours tomorrow too and see if she knows of any that have iron, or a separate supplement.

    i'm sure it wouldn't be hard to find a gummy iron, right?

     
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    Running Elley    June 19, 2011   Fresno, CA

    I take the gummy ones from Target and love them! They don't have iron though. Boo.

     

     
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    RR    October 2012  

    @miss-spunkin: I have been trying to find a good iron to take, as it also makes me ill (I'm not pregnant, but suffer from low iron).  I haven't had a lot of luck yet!  Please keep us updated if she recommends something.  Maybe some other bee's will chime in as well.  Hope you start to feel better soon!

     
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    brideatbeach    June 4, 2011  

    I was buying gummy vitamins the other day and almost bought the prenatal ones. Not pregnant, but they looked yummy at Target! :P haha

     
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    RR    October 2012  

    @brideatbeach: I'm not pregnant either, but my Endocrinologist recommend I start taking them now even if we aren't TTC for awhile, it's a good vitamin for me.  Love the Target prenatal gummy vitamin, it's the first vitamin in general that doesn't make my heart race or make me feel too bad.

     
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    brideatbeach    June 4, 2011  

    @RR: Really? So what makes the prenatal ones better than just regular multivitamins? I ended up buying the Up&Up regular gummy multivitamins. 

     
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    carrieknitscake    October 10, 2009   Chicago, IL

    I take Vitafusion Pre-Natal vitamins with their calcium supplements. Most gummies don't have calcium and iron. The pre-natal ones have fish oil in it, so it eliminates another pill to take. Since they don't have iron, I try to get it in my diet. Otherwise, I like them alot. My gummies piqued my husband's interest so much that he now takes a gummy of his own.

     
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    SapphireSun    July 9, 2010   Vancouver, BC

    Ugh, mine are total horse pills.  I haven't found any good gummies in Canada, and mine don't seem to make me nauseaus, so I've been sticking with it, but am writing to follow this board if anybody comes up with ideas.  I may have to make a trip to a Target...

     
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    RR    October 2012  

    @brideatbeach: I am not sure, I haven't gone though each ingredient to compare, but with Thyroid disease it makes someone really sensitive to meds.  I can't even drink green tea and I have minimal amounts of caffine in general.  Protein shakes make me feel weird, ect.  I think some vitamins have natural energy in them, it doesn't work for me - it sends me out of breath.  Prenatal seems much more gental to me.

     
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    firsttimemom    December 18, 2010  

    @miss-spunkin: I don't remember what bee posted a similar question to this but I just have a quick question and I'm sorry if it was you that posted and I already answered it - are you anemic? I started taking prenatal vitamins when I got my BFP and thought it was the MS that was causing me to be sick - turns out it was the amount of iron in the vitamins. 

    My practitioner took me off the vitamins with iron in them and I didn't have any issues. You only need an iron supplement if your iron is low - I cannot stress that enough as it really makes all the difference in the world. Granted, I still had nausea with the MS, but I wasn't throwing up x times a day anymore. I take the vitafusion prenatal gummies and I also have additional iron supplements that I have started taking because at 30 weeks my iron levels dipped. 

    Of course, this should not be considered medical advice as I am not a doctor, just a personal story that seemed to help me :)

     
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    theoddbride    June 7, 2014   New York City

    I used to work with alot of pregnant and breastfeeding women. I would advise them to on a few different options: take 2 childrens Flintstones MV w/iron, take a iron free prenatal vitamin with seperate iron vitamins in small doses 2x/day. Sometimes the iron is the culprit, sometimes not; in the case where it was the culprit taking smaller doses usually did the trick. Also taking your iron containing supplements with a vitamin C rich foods (i.e. juice) and seperate from Calcium rich foods will help increase the amount absorbed and lessen the GI symptoms.

     

     
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    miss-spunkin    May 29, 2010   Midwest

    @firsttimemom: As far as I know, I'm not anemic. But my blood test results from my first prenatal appointment haven't come back yet, so we'll see. But I would be really surprised if I was anemic.

    I have three different pills I take, the prenatal omega-3s, calcium and the prenatal multivitamin - the multivitamin is the one with 50% of daily iron in it. BUT the one that makes me the most sick is actually the fish oil pill (Omega-3). 

     
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    His Barista    September 4, 2010   Spokane, WA

    Kroger has some chewies in the Nutrition/organic section. Fruit flavored and not bad!

     

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