Post # 1

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Buzzing bee
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!
Post # 3

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Sugar bee
Target has really good gummy ones. They are Target’s Up & Up brand.
Post # 4

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Sugar bee
@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.
Post # 5

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Sugar bee
@Mrs.Firefly1: I love the yellow lemon ones!!
Post # 6

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Sugar bee
@MrsMaine: I love any type of berry color. I’m trying to eat all the colors evenly!
Post # 7

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Buzzing bee
@Mrs.Firefly1: 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?
Post # 8

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Bee Keeper
I take the gummy ones from Target and love them! They don’t have iron though. Boo.
Post # 9

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Sugar bee
@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!
Post # 10

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Sugar bee
I was buying gummy vitamins the other day and almost bought the prenatal ones. Not pregnant, but they looked yummy at Target! 😛 haha
Post # 11

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Sugar bee
@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.
Post # 12

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Sugar bee
@Mrs.Firefly1: Really? So what makes the prenatal ones better than just regular multivitamins? I ended up buying the Up&Up regular gummy multivitamins.
Post # 13

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Bumble bee
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.
Post # 14

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Buzzing Beekeeper
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…
Post # 15

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Sugar bee
@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.
Post # 16

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Buzzing bee
@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 🙂