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Prenatal vitamin - cause for concern?

AlexE2013AlexE2013 member
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Hey ladies - have any of you found that your LO reacts negatively to your prenatal vitamin? Specifically a vitamin with iron? We think LO has some major food sensitivities, and we trying to eliminate the most common allergens, he's still having issues. Mainly these issues are stool related - and the doctor has confirmed that it looks like a sensitivity to something in my diet. No matter what I do/cut his stool ALWAYS ends up green and mucousy by the end of the day. He's doing much better after cutting Dairy, Soy, and Peanuts (I have very limited amounts of wheat, corn, chocolate, and egg) with skin issues and overall demeanor as well as weight gain. I was reading a bit about soy being in vitamins. Just looking to hear about personal experience. Thank you!
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  • rissa06rissa06 member
    I found out that there was soy in my prenatal vitamins, so I had the dr. Write a script for a new one. That seems to help, because he would react prior to me switching.
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  • AlexE2013AlexE2013 member
    Thanks for the response! Do you happen to know the name of the ones you were prescribed?
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  • CDMay2006CDMay2006 member
    I'm still new to this, but I though that was a sign of oversupply or virus... Have you talked to an lc about this?
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  • AlexE2013AlexE2013 member
    Yes - it was actually the LC who initially suspected an allergy and not oversupply/virus/imbalance (which I thought it was an imbalance issue). Green stool with mucous and blood is typically a sign of allergy/sensitivity while green frothy stool is oversupply/imbalance. There are a lot of other symptoms going on as well. But it looks like the Gripe Water I was giving on a regular basis was actually irritating his stomach a lot as well! Thanks for helping though!
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  • rissa06rissa06 member
    Pnv select is the one I use now. The pharmacist said it doesn't contain soy and I checked for dairy as well.
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  • babywisherbabywisher member
    We had that same issue with grip water. Dd would get worse when I gave it to her. It didn't take but a couple times before going back to milacon. I also had a issue with my pre nats containing soy. Its so difficult figuring it all out. Good luck
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  • AlexE2013AlexE2013 member
    Thank you! It's so incredibly difficult to keep it all straight! And even though I ate allergen free foods for Thanksgiving, something still upset LO's stomach :(
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  • rm2013rm2013 member
    I take Rainbow Light Prenatal One (just 1 tablet a day). It is soy free and vegan. A bottle of 150 tablets is about $18 on Amazon, so it's also a great deal. I had a friend who was a high risk pregnancy and she said her OB recommended them to all their patients.
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