Any medical peeps? please come in...

MrsT0514

Just another thank you, for all the support. But I also have a vitamin/supplement during pregnancy question. I do plan to ask when the nurse calls me back today with my beta number, but until then..i'll rack your brains.

I've been taking a balanced b50 complex (50mg of the b vitamins plus 400mcg extra folate) in addition to my prenatal, since I've had success in the past with it lengthening my 9-10 day LP. Is this safe to continue taking while pregnant? Anyone have info on this? I cant seem to find much on dr. Google.

kellyrn9956

If you are pregnant, there is no need to lengthen your LP, nor take the extra vitamin B IMO. Stick with a prenatal with folic acid, and maybe some DHA.  

MrsT0514

Ok. My prenatal has dha added in it, so that's covered..I just wasnt sure if there'd be any "risk/adverse effect" from stopping the b50complex (im sure that sounds ridiculous, but right about now i can't guarantee that my head is screwed on right).

MrsT0514

WhoCanItBeNow said:

kellyrn9956 said:

If you are pregnant, there is no need to lengthen your LP, nor take the extra vitamin B IMO. Stick with a prenatal with folic acid, and maybe some DHA.  

Actually B vitamins can help with nausea.



Well, and I did read about that, and considering I had such awful MS with my 1st pregnancy, I figured it couldn't hurt (although I know each pregnancy can be different). I also wasnt sure if the extra b vitamins on top of my prenatal was too much.

RondackHiker

I took b vitamins and my prenatal and iron tabs and unisom plus varying HG meds and DS and dd both turned out okay.

I didn't always (usually) keep all the pills down but the docs said if I did it would be fine.

angelashly

I took vitamin B daily for Ms so I don't think there is anything wrong with it.

kellyrn9956

No, you ladies are right! B is good for MS. My bad. 

Debbipooh

All of your B vitamins are water soluble, so anything above and beyond what your body needs and can use will just be peed out, so no need to worry about getting too much

MrsT0514

@WhoCanItBeNow‌

Yeah, this is the balanced b50 complex (50mg of each b vitamin plus the extra 400mcg of folate), plus whatever b vitamins are in my prenatal (which the values in the prenatal seem low to me, no?).

jorkz821

It's not 50mg of B12, right? Not that that would be a concern for baby so much as that's quite a lot.

I think the benefit of B6 for ms is in the 100mg+ range.

MrsT0514

jorkz821 said:

It's not 50mg of B12, right? Not that that would be a concern for baby so much as that's quite a lot.

I think the benefit of B6 for ms is in the 100mg+ range.

@jorkz821‌ its 50mg of b1, b2, b6, & niacin. 50mcg of b12.