Missing a day of Prenatal Vitamins

x3tbellaa

I didn't take my Prenatal Vitamin yesterday because my new prescription wasn't ready. How bad is it to miss a day or Vitamins?

inomniaparatus

Call your doctor asap!!!

Just kidding! Pretty sure you & baby will survive  

inomniaparatus

Also aren't prenatals over the counter? I just buy CVS brand lol.

And I forgot to take this morning too! But, I'll take tonight 

ashcody2

I missed them quite a bit with my son - he is 100% healthy. I still actually forget to take them on weekends a lot of the time, not even worried about it!

x3tbellaa

@inomniaparatus You can buy them over the counter but you can also get a script from your doctor so you don't have to pay for them lol

RN0107

inomniaparatus said:

Also aren't prenatals over the counter? I just buy CVS brand lol.

And I forgot to take this morning too! But, I'll take tonight 

You can get a script for prenatals. My pharmacy (Meijer) will fill your prenatal script for free. I've been getting free prenatals for 4 years.

minivanmafia

Your fine. Sometimes they are missed either because of forgetfulness, nausea and vomiting... its happens. No worries. eat an apple today.

inomniaparatus

x3tbellaa said:

@inomniaparatus You can buy them over the counter but you can also get a script from your doctor so you don't have to pay for them lol

good to know! thanks

funkypineapple

You're fine. I missed like 5 days last week while on vacation. Plus, taking prenatal vitamins is a relatively new practice in the grand scheme of living people so 1 day is nothing

Achae

My doctor said it's fine to not take them. They don't agree with my stomach so she said I can just skip it and have a different kind. 

AggieKim

You're fine. It's good to take them, especially folic acid while the neural tube develops, but it's not required. Especially if you try to eat decently balanced meals. Ideally you get your nutrients from the food you eat, vitamins are just supplements to only help cover the holes in your diet.

oxfordlanding

Wow, you've only missed one day? seriously kudos. Don't worry about it. You don't get malnutrition in a day.

AdventureMama

No worries. I would venture a guess that I missed more days than I took them during my first pregnancy. I just couldn't remember to take them! Now I'm consistent because I have other stuff to take so I do it at the same time every day but yeah. One day isn't going to hurt you or baby.

cMichelle0423

I've taken maybe 5 their whole time lol they make me sick so I take kids vitamins instead. But even those can be hard to remember to take!

brushesnbrunch

Totally okay to forget to take them. I've forgotten a few times. Now I keep them on my night stand instead of my kitchen counter so I'm more likely to remember to take them when I plug in my phone at the end of the day.

ashton2190

I forgotten to take them a few times as well. I have to take them at night after eating some substantial, and I get super sleepy earlier at night than normal. Plus one of the pills makes me gag (I take 3 every night) so I think subconsciously I'm avoiding taking them

txbrideinblue

I don't take them. Lol! Flame away!

My stomach can't handle them.

vjraab

Take the gummy prenatals. They taste just like gummy bears, only take two. I had to stop taking pills bc they made me gag.

BabySeaTurtles

I haven't taken them more than I have taken them because they've made me nauseous. It's getting better as 1st tri is ending but seriously, missing one day is nothing.

wisco29

x3tbellaa said:

@inomniaparatus You can buy them over the counter but you can also get a script from your doctor so you don't have to pay for them lol

I still have to pay for them (lol?)

wisco29

x3tbellaa said:

I didn't take my Prenatal Vitamin yesterday because my new prescription wasn't ready. How bad is it to miss a day or Vitamins?

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bpsproule

I haven't taken a vitamin in probably a month, to be honest. I'm terrible at remembering to take something daily!

camusoh2011

You're fine. I just started taking mine at 15 weeks because I've been so sick. My doctor actually was the one to give her blessing. Logically it didn't make sense to force myself to take this horse pill that I was going to throw up. Now that things are staying down I can take it.

lovelydaye

I think ive missed the last week...sometimes don't even take them bc of nausea. Definitely not a big deal!

x3tbellaa

wisco29 said:

x3tbellaa said:

@inomniaparatus You can buy them over the counter but you can also get a script from your doctor so you don't have to pay for them lol

I still have to pay for them (lol?)

I guess it depends on your insurance?