Supplements, while pregnant or post pregnancy?

EllasMommy2010

What supplements do you take besides a pre-natal or multi-vitamins?

Post pregnancy, I have had some really good results with supplements.  I feel like I look more toned without a lot of working out, just eating healthy and taking supplements.  I notice it the most in my arms.

Here is what I take everyday:

2 Fish Oil pills

3 Amino Acid pills

1 Multi-vitamin

Extra B-6 and B-12

We are trying to conceive again and I am curious what some of you take while pregnant too.  Obviously, I will ask my OB, but please share.

BunInOven40

Wow...I love this site...so helpful!  I just called my doc's office and asked this very question.  I too have great luck with supplements and have terrific skin and hair (if I do say so myself)  Anyway I did take this huge list, but doc said to back off the huge amounts of biotin that I take.  So now I take a prenatal, and the following:

extra iron, 1 1000mg Omega 3 DHA Fish oil, extra vit. D every other day (but I have previsouly been deficient), extra calcium (most prenatals do not give the full daily value and it is necessary to to absorb the vit. D and I take extra folic acid (that is a big one and taking extra does not have any negative effect). 

 I backed off all of the other stuff that I took extra of too...zinc, CoQ10, additional D (I had been taking it every day).

 My doc said that the best prenatal he has seen is the TARGET brand from Target (I know, I couldn't believe it either).

 I hope that this helps.

Happy baby growing!

hollerjeepgirl

I take Calcium pills since I'm not allowed to have a lot of dairy - Type 1 on a strict carb diet

 

Someone told me to eat sweet potato because that helps with fertility. Not sure if it just makes people hopeful or actually works

sweetmej

The MWs I see recommend:

1 prenatal vitamin 

2000 mg fish oil (2 pills)

500 mg calcium + vitamin d

600 mg magnesium