Non preggos- do you take prenatal vitamins still?

ally-cat

I did for a while after giving birth, and then stopped taking any vitamins all together.  I don't know where or when, but I think I read that they were better than a multi vitamin, so I picked up a bottle.  Anyone else taking prenatal instead of a reg. vitamin?

myrall

I ended up needing to take them when I got fully into WW. The shock on my body from losing all that weight had some weird effects - mostly my hair falling out. I found that when I took the prenatal vitamin, I felt better and the weird stuff stopped.

hthomas02

I've never stopped taking them since I started them, I've also never stopped getting pregnant, ha!  But I have a HUGE bottle of them and will most likely just continue to take them forever.

slwprincess

Well, I'm still BF so yes, still taking them.  And I will probably continue.  Like myrall- the one time that I did stop taking them, I noticed some some unattractive changes that I attributed to not having those extra vitamins.  Maybe its all in my head, but I figure they can't hurt, right?  Although, I might switch back to just 2 Flintstones w/ iron at some point.  That was what my OB always reccomended anyway.  They just made my m/s worse this past time so I switched to Target pre-natals and have continued taking those. 

runblondie26

Yes, I love what it does for my hair.

smynings_bride

I still take them though I sometimes forget--when I was pregnant/BF I never seemed to forget.

MrsKLB

I haven't stopped taking them since I was TTC.  I kept taking them after giving birth because I was breastfeeding for the first year and I just haven't stopped.  FWIW, I buy big bottles of them at Target and they are pretty cheap.

snansley

My doctor suggested staying on them until we were done having kids. 

scarlet115

Thats funny because I just said to my husband last week- "I really need to start taking that folic acid again" so I started taking them this weekend. I was like you- took it for a while after they were born and then just stopped for some reason. I was SO healthy during my pregnancy- so I think I should take it regardless of having more babies or not.