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My OBGYN wrote me a prescription for "Vitafol-OB+DHA". It is a pack of 2 pills that you take every day.
Thanks eeniebeans. Did your OB/GYN write you the prescription while you were TTC or after you were pregnant? I wonder if my OB/GYN will switch me to a prescription after I get pregnant.
My OB gave me the option of a prescription, but she said it's not necessary and cheaper to just buy from the drug store.
I LOVE the Trader Joes Prenatals and the GNC Prenatals. My OB wrote me and Rx for some when I got pregnant(I forgot what they were called, but I can check) and they made me so violently ill he told me just to stick with what worked. MIm 31 weeks today, and Ive been taking the GNC since day 1. I took teh TJs brand before I was pregnant. My GNC ones have 1000mcg of folic acid in the 2 daily tablets. I think you are fine taking 800 plus eating a lot of leafy green vegetables, but if you want the 100, try a different brand.
Id be a little concerned that you have to take 3 tablets to get the nutrients that most vitamins can get you in 1 or 2 tablets, so Id maybe research a different brand.
Another test I read about was to take one of your vitamins and drop it in a glass of water. Wait...I think it was an hour, but Ill check, and look at the status of teh vitamin, If its in a pile and can be swirled easily with no large chunk left-its good, bc there are minimal "fillers." Some cheaper brands (and Im not high end here with GNC, so they must have meant SUPER cheap) dont dissolve as well, so you arent actually getting all of the nutrients within the vitamin
I take an over the counter Target brand, and my doctor told me that it was perfectly fine. I also only take one per day.
I took a folic acid supplement, prenatal vitamins, fish oil, and some iron because I got a little iron deficient in my pregnancy.
Oh, and if you do take prenatal vitamins, some advise 2 a day. NEVER TAKE THEM TOGETHER. They make you violently ill. The first day I started taking them after my first checkup, I puked in the front yard of Olive Garden because I'd taken 2 prenatal vitamins earlier that day. One a time, always with food!
Does anyone else's prenatal vitamins say that you need to consult a doctor before taking them if you are pregnant or breat feeding?
I thought you weren't supposed to take pre-natals when you were pregnant but needed them in your system before you got pregnant.
They put the "consult a doctor" message on there as a CYA (cover your ass), so they can't get sued. I've seen the same message on nearly every bottle of prenatal vitamins and prenatal fish oils; not something to be alarmed about.
Prenatals are designed to be taken during pregnancy, and it seems standard that most doctors recommend starting them before you get pregnant. (Some of the very important developments, such as brain and spinal cord development, starts in the first couple weeks before you would even know you're pregnant. That's a prime time you don't want to be missing out on important nutrients, espeically folate / folic acid.)
@roxy821: Mine dont say that (GNC Brand) but you absolutely ARE supposed to take them while pregnant. Its very important that you do
@abbyful- My doctor told me that I should take them for a year before TTC but because of that disclaimer I always thought that you couldn't take them while pregnant. And as you mentioned the crucial development is in the first couple of weeks so I didn't know if taking them after would matter.
@KellyV- Thanks. I learn something new every day :)
@KellyV: It's actually better if you have vitamins that you take several times a day. When you take a one-a-day vitamin, your body can't absorb that massive influx if nutrients all at once.
I take Solgar Prenatal, Fish oil ( 4 pills--2-3 grams of the active DHA/EPA--look at the back for the exact amount) and vitD--5000IU. My friends RE told her that a study found that woman undergoing ART who took 5000IU had an increased chance of success and less chance of miscarriage.
@mmsva: I guess thatdoes make sense, never thought of it that way. Mine are two a day reardless, but good point =o)
My doc prescribed a low-iron prenatal vitamin and suggested I take an additional magnesium supplement. A few weeks ago, we added the iron back in because my bloodwork was coming back as slightly anemic.
The magnesium has helped so much with my migraines and also with relieving constipation (sorry- TMI)
My mother in law told me not to take any vitamins. She said she didn't have to and that its bad for the baby. Do you think there is any truth to that?
@adw2c: I would talk to your doctor about it. Most recommend the vitamins.
@adw2c: I highly doubt there is any truth to that..if as many people take prenatals as they do while pregnant and they were bad for the baby, we'd be hearing about a lot more issues. Also, she probably hasnt had a child in what, like 30 years or so? Things change medically in that time (and drastically), Id definitely talk to your doctor. Maybe hers told her not to at the time (my mom had to take them though) but yours is different. Mine stressed how vital it was to take them daily, particularly during the first 12 weeks while the neural tubes were being developed
My doctor asked about my prenatals (target otc) and asked if they were making me nauseous. Of course they were because at this point everything makes me nauseous! She told me to stop taking them and just take a flinstones kids chewable vitamin everyday and take a tums as they have added calcium! Works for me!
I took a RX perscribed by my doctor for a prenatal (and am still taking it while breast feeding) as well as "expecta" which is avaliable for at drugstores for about $10 by the fish oils and it is the same thing without the "fish" part and is made for pregnant or nursing moms.
Also, vitamin D levels arn't high in prenatals and if you breastfeed(and maybe even if you don't since it is in formula but not in high amounts)you may want to take 2000 of vitamin D/day if you live where there isn't a lot of sunshine all year (Florida=you're probably just fine, Michigan? not so much) but ask your OBGYN first of course.
My husband and I are probably going to start trying in July or so, and I am currently taking the One A Day brand prenatal + the DHA pill. They come together as a set. I am also taking a calcium supplement.
I go to my OBGYN for my annual next week, and will ask him if he has any recommendations, or if what I am on is fine.
@bree72: I took this while my husband and I were trying before my Dr. gave me an RX at my 10 week appointment and my Dr. said it was a good thing to be doing (and a great way to make your body ready for baby!) while we tried
@Sulli301: Good to know. I've been taking it for about 2 months now, so I should hopefully be all loaded up with folic acid by the time we start trying. :)
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What vitamins and supplements did you take during pregnancy?
My OB/GYN just instructed me "take a prenatal vitamin and some fish oil".
FI and I will start TTC this summer (he'll be "husband" then). I'm currently taking:
My prenatals have 600 mcg Folate; I've seen to take a minimum of 400 mcg folate or folic acid, but it looks like most prental vitamins have 800 mcg, prescription prenatals have 1000 mcg. Should I take an additional folic acid supplement?