Hi girls! I don't post very often but got to thinking about the YEARS I've been taking prenatals and how I should be one of the healthiest people I know because of it! I wanted to see how many of us TTTCers have been consistent with prenatals.
1) How long have you been TTC?
2) Have you been taking prenatals since you started trying?
3) Do you continue to take them during a break cycle or after a failed cycle?
ME:
1) TTC nearly 4 years
2) I've been taking prenatals since I started TTC.
3) I've been consistent with prenatals even after failed cycles and during breaks. However, after both of my losses and failed cycles, I get sooo pissed off that I want nothing to do with any of it so I stop taking them for a few days. I feel like it's my way of rebeling!!
Re: Poll: Prenatal Vitamins
1. ?3 years
2. ?Yes
3. ?Nope.. when I get pissed off... I stop. ?
1. ?2 years
2. ?Before, actually. ?I have been taking them for 3 years.
3. ?Yes?
After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
I've been TTC for 12 cycles.
I've been taking prenantals for 17 months.
I always take them...it's pretty much habit by now. They sit on the counter with my Met, so I just take them.
LOL at rebelling for a few days. Love it.
1. almost a year
2.started taking prenatals 6months before trying
3. I always take them (they help me a lot b/c my disease doesn't allow me to absorb nutrients so for the first time my hair grows heathily and so do my nails
....I think i will always take them!)?
1. TTC nearly 3 years
2. Taking the prenatals the same amount of time
3. I rebel as well and stop for a while.
1) How long have you been TTC? 1 1/2 years
2) Have you been taking prenatals since you started trying? I can't, but my dr has me taking flinstone vitamins and calcium citrate
3) Do you continue to take them during a break cycle or after a failed cycle? yes
3+ years
yes
yes
1. TTC 7 years
2. I've been taking them since before we started ttc.
3. I get mad & rebel during some of the bad times too.
1) How long have you been TTC? almost two years
2) Have you been taking prenatals since you started trying? just started this month, i had been taking a multivitamin - but just switched over to actual prenatals.
3) Do you continue to take them during a break cycle or after a failed cycle? just started taking them
1) How long have you been TTC? 11 months.
2) Have you been taking prenatals since you started trying? I started taking them 5 more before we started TTC
3) Do you continue to take them during a break cycle or after a failed cycle? Yes. I have never stopped since I started.
1) 16 months
2) I started folic acid before I started and then added prenatal vitamins on our 2nd cycle.
3) Occassionally I stop taking them when I have AF because I am mad/upset/frustrated. I've been pretty good the past few cycles.
Dx: PCOS and short luteal phase
18 cycles (3 with our RE) - Metformin + Clomid + HCG booster did the trick!
BFP #1 6/22/09 EDD: 3/2/10 DS born: 3/8/10
TTC #2 since Dec 2011
BFP #2 7/8/12 EDD: 3/18/12 M/C @ 9w1d: 8/16/12
1) How long have you been TTC? about a year and half
2) Have you been taking prenatals since you started trying? I started taking them about a year before we started trying (we were going to start a while before we did)
3) Do you continue to take them during a break cycle or after a failed cycle?
I stopped for awhile after the dx and am more forgetful about them when I am frustrated. I am thinking about switching to regular vitamins when this bottle is out (the prenatal label taunts me!)
1. 1.5+ years.
2. I started taking prenatals about 6 months before we started officially trying.
3. Yes. I take them daily, no matter what (unless I'm travelling and forget them or something).
Because we're fancy like that.
1. A little over a year.
2. About a year and a half
3. No **hangs head in shame** I haven't taken them for a few months now. I know it's important to get the folic acid BEFORE you even conceive so I should keep takng them....but I just hate it and it's a constant reminder that I'm not pg. Every time I pop one in my mouth I feel like, "What's the point?" But I'm going to start taking them again.... *sigh*
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2) Have you been taking prenatals since you started trying? No, I have always taken a multivitamin. Last June I started on PNV, I now take PNV and fish oil.
3) Do you continue to take them during a break cycle or after a failed cycle? PNV yes, sometimes I'll skip the fish oil.
1) How long have you been TTC? was about 2 yrs w/DD, just starting again
2) Have you been taking prenatals since you started trying? yes--I haven't stopped in the last 3-4 yrs; I was BFing so I just kept on them; once DD weaned I still had a bunch/knew I wanted to try again soon so I didn't see a point in stopping
3) Do you continue to take them during a break cycle or after a failed cycle? always
1) How long have you been TTC? almost 3 years; about 16 months with RE
2) Have you been taking prenatals since you started trying? didn't start them until we started seeing RE
3) Do you continue to take them during a break cycle or after a failed cycle? pretty much. I had to stop them for a brief period when I had my ectopic and got the mtx shot. The folic acid in the PNV can decrease effectiveness of the mtx shot. I think maybe I stopped them briefly after my 1st loss to rebel! I didn't want to be reminded of the loss and felt like I had control over something!
I've been taking them about 19 months, starting three months before I TTC.
I actually just started taking them again after a few month break. I was taking a Folic acid supp and a multi, but started on the prenatals again. I started as an excersise in positive thinking.