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i cant take my prenatals... theyre just huge.

i got a folic acid pill (800mg) and i have a daily multi vitamin.

will this suffice?

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Not too sure!

I would go out and get the Target brand prenatals until you see a doctor (they go down so easy)! At my 1st doctors appt, they gave me a ton of diff prenatal samples and i was able to try and see whcih one worked best for me- so make sure you ask

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I can't swallow big pills either. I pick up my prescription Prenatals today and if they are big, I am sticking to my Wal Mart ones. They are called OneSource Prenatals and they are no bigger than a Tylenol tablet.

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I would really ask your doctor. I think my prenatals have 1000 mcg of folic acid.

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What brand of prenatals are you taking? I have the DuetDHA and they are two little tablets, they go down easy. I've also used the Duane Reade brand and they aren't too big either. I would ask your doctor for different ones.

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Honestly, it's fine until you see your dr. Explain the issue to them at your first appointment and see what solution they come up with.

Congrats, by the way

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I think that's fine. I think some women take the Flinstones. I couldn't even remember to take my pills with DS, DD was better but not my much.

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I take Flinstone's children's vitamins with an additional folic acid 800mcg supplement, and my doctor said it was fine and has everything that the prenatal has. Check with your doctor, but I am sure that's fine.

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I would also say check with your doc, but some of the pills go down more easily than others.

I started with the Duet DHA and somehow the pharmacy gave me a generic when I refilled. The generic version made me gag and I couldn't get it down, so I paid the extra and went back to the Duet. Toward the end of the pregnancy I was even having trouble with that, so my OB told me to just take a Flinstones chewable.

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I have been taken the wallgreens brand and they are no bigger than advil and they are great. I have never been nauseas or anything and baby is doing well. My doc looked them over and said they are fine. HTH

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I have trouble with them as well. You can cut/break them if that helps

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Before seeing my OB i was taking chewable flinstones and an extra folic acid pill. Then OB told me to take the prenatals and had to teach myself to beable to take them

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i did a lot of research on this.
if u go to target and compare their regular multi vits to their prenatal vits-you actually get more and better vitamins in the regular multis than the prenatals.
I don't think there is anything magical in the pre-nats- even the folic acid amount was exactly the same
So I woudln't worry about it too much and I would just take what I could swallow if I were you