18wks w/ twins...worried about vitamins...plz plz help

tsalsberry

 I am almost 18 wks along with twins. I found out at 10 weeks that there are 2. I was sick from the beginning...very sick thats when they finally did an ultrasound to find 2 babies. Though I am very excited I am extremely scared.

I have a fairly small frame and lost weight when I got sick. I couldn't keep hardly anything down...including the prenatal vitamin...which I  stopped taking at about 8-9 weeks bc my dr said it was not good to take to just throw it up. I tried to supplement with flintstones but everything made me gag and throw up so I stopped those. The mere thought of taking the prenatal vitamin makes me gag. Now that I have finally...just this week started to feel better and only threw up twice I have started my folic acid and flintstones..

I have tried to eat as much of a healthy diet as possible but I am so worried that bc the vitamin absence something will be wrong with the babies.Since twins are high risk pregnancy anyway... what are the chances things will turn out ok... I really need a piece of mind Im a nervous wreck and its making me sick to think about something being wrong.

Jessarella

You and your babies will be fine with the weeks you skipped with the vitamins. Don't worry about it. I was the same way, I threw up the most in the mornings, so what I started doing was taking them right before bed with a full stomach. I would eat toast, or a banana or something filling, then take the vitamin, then go to bed. It works WAY better than taking it in the morning. When you sleep, your stomach is more calm and it wont make you as sick.

goldenmama

you are TOTALLY FINE. seriously i threw up every single day that i was pg and was never able to take a prenatal. eat as much as you can healthy wise and try taking a flinstone chewable vitamin..they are great..they also have the chewy version now like gummy bears! I delivered at 38 weeks with two 6lb7oz boys!

gl and hope you get a little bit of a break from the morning sickness~

lutzcowgirlie

I couldn't take any the first 18 weeks. Just could not keep them down. Like you, I lost weight and was so, so sick.

 

I started taking the Flintstones ones as soon as I started feeling better. I ate like a champ, gained weight, did great. I had huge, healthy term babies who are now sweet little one year olds. You'll be fine.

PianoPlayingSarah

The folic acid only does its real job (prevent neural tube defects such as spina bifida) so early in the pregnancy - most women don't even know that they are pregnant.  It sounds like you've already had at least one u/s.  You would know by now if something was wrong. 

I was very sick in the beginning to.  Just try to eat and take what you can.

carissasmom

Ditto what everyone else said.  I was extremely sick in the beginning and the vitamins were the last thing on my mind.  There are still some days that I can't take them.  I'm not a big person either and as of this morning I'm finally up 1/2 a pound.  It was the same way w/ my daughter and she's a happy, healthy, smart almost 2 year old!

tsalsberry

Thanks everyone!! This helped ease some of my worries. ...still getting sick though...