Prenatal Vitamins.. need advice about mine..

ok , for some reason it had me thinking..

i take a prenatal called ... Prefera-OB.. its a VERY small pill because i cant swallow bigger ones..

SO, when i was seeing my OB, he gave me samples and i picked that one.. now i started taking them AFTER i already knew i was PG.. so while trying i NEVER was on them.

now fast forward to seeing my new doctor.. i asked him for a new prescription like a month ago.. and he never heard of it.. i even had to spell it out for him.. so this just raised a flag up.. and i forgot to mention that CVS did not even had these, and had to order them.. it took a while too might i add..

So now i am just wondering if these pills are giving me problems.. could this happen? besides the common .. constipation.. etc..

i think i am going to take regular flinstone vitamins just for a month and see what happens.... do you think its ok?? or am i being ridiculous

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i'd ask your doctor when you see him....i don't think that many pre-natal vitamins could cause problems....(other than the norm)...

I'd suggest the Target ones - but they are large...

If you are going to do flintstone vitamins - make sure you get a folic acid supplement as well. Those pills are small (Dave takes them, for older men, it helps prevent birth defects - he takes 2 a night with his vitamin)...

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I think it's fine.
a regular multivitamin has folic acid. which I have been taking.
alot of foods have folic acid,
my morning cereal has 100% folic acid as well.

I was on prenatals, but they were giving me a stomach ache/heartburn and I thought it was silly to suffer since I wasn't prego.


My prior GYN didn't recommend taking
prenatal when TTC, just a multivitamin.



just my opinion....

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Jess, i would totally try the Target Brands but yea they are huge!!

this could be a good debate.. because there are many girls who just take multivitamins with more Folic Acid!

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Hi De..... prenatals should not have anythign to do with fertility issues. You want to be on a good multiviatamin or prenatla before TTC to build up folic acid stores in your body because they are cruicial in the first 8 weeks of fetal development. You need to take something that contains at least 800 mcg of folic acid. So you could take a regular vitamin and supplement with extra folic acid.

I've been on the target brand and my midwife said that was fine.

It is important you take them because prior pregnancys and some foods actually DEPLETE folic acid stores from your body so youreally want to build them up to help a future growing embryo.


Here is some information regarding the importance of folic acid suring early fetal development from the march of dimes. They recomend 400 mcg of folic acid but recently the recomended dosage has increased to 800 mcg. HTH

Click here for info

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Posted by 08BabySurprise

Posted by MetsGirl07

Jess, i would totally try the Target Brands but yea they are huge!!

this could be a good debate.. because there are many girls who just take multivitamins with more Folic Acid!

Deanna when I was pregnant the doctor said it was OK for me to take the Fintstone Chewables and 400 mcg of Folic Acid.

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Currently I am taking a multi-vitamin (capsules which is easier on my tummy), B6, extra iron, extra folic acid, and vitex. As well I drink raspberry tea when I can. Taking all those vitamins can be hard to swallow but I am willing to do all that I can..The things we do in TTC..

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Posted by MetsGirl07

Posted by 08BabySurprise

Posted by MetsGirl07

Jess, i would totally try the Target Brands but yea they are huge!!

this could be a good debate.. because there are many girls who just take multivitamins with more Folic Acid!

Deanna when I was pregnant the doctor said it was OK for me to take the Fintstone Chewables and 400 mcg of Folic Acid.

yea i thought so! i know some girls on here take them and their doc said it was fine.. i definitely am going to ask him !!

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Posted by Mamacita2Be

Currently I am taking a multi-vitamin (capsules which is easier on my tummy), B6, extra iron, extra folic acid, and vitex. As well I drink raspberry tea when I can. Taking all those vitamins can be hard to swallow but I am willing to do all that I can..The things we do in TTC..