Pre-Natals at night: an experiment

celette482 · March 2016

Experiment time!

I did not take my prenatals this morning, in anticipation of taking them at night, to see if it cuts down on MS.

So far, no discernible change. I'm keeping track of strength of feeling, amount of burps, and when the sensation goes away. My baseline with prenatals in the AM is a carsickness level, every 20 minutes, noticeably less by 10:30.

I do have a question for those already taking them at night. I know from pre-pregnancy that vitamins on an empty stomach (i.e. Before breakfast) are a serious nausea inducer for me (way worse than MS). When do you take your night vitamins? Do you take a snack with them (like a night cheese, for example)? Or do you rely on dinner to settle things down?

Science! Study with an n=1! Repeatability?

SuperNerd42 · March 2016

I switched from mornings to evenings! MS is bad enough on its own, I didn't want to risk throwing up the prenatal along with everything else I eat.

So so far I take them right before bed, but since I'm a night snacker it hasn't been on an empty stomach.

mrszoess · March 2016

"a night cheese" is a new phrase I will use forever

LGW2015 · March 2016

I started taking them during the day whenever I felt I could tolerate them but now I take them right before bed and I usually eat a couple pretzels with it. But I haven't seen any effect on MS unfortunately.

emmaaa · March 2016

I also switched to taking them at night. Even though I have started eating breakfast (I only had coffee before being pregnant) I was still very nauseous in the mornings. When I switched to nights I realized my stomach was more full and if I take them right before I sleep, I won't notice if I feel sick. And I don't know if it has anything to do with the prenatal or pregnancy in general, but I am peeing so much more during the night.

MRSCORKER · March 2016

I take mine right after dinner so I have a nice full stomach. So far, it hasn't caused any nausea at all.

Paturkey · March 2016

I've been taking them after dinner since TTC. I eat dinner and then I take my pnv (I leave them on the dining room table and it helps me remember). I've not noticed any queasiness between dinner and bed, but there's usually not more than a hour between those as we eat late. Also, Liz Lemon

JDMRS · March 2016

I have always taken my vitamins at night on an empty stomach with a full glass of water. I have to get up and pee but not anymore than normal pregnancy nighttime bathroom trips. I took my vitamin in the morning once and I threw it up while stuck in traffic, so I am sticking with night time. I don't love eating before bed because it turns the heartburn up to 11 but so far so good on an empty stomach.

brittany8788 · March 2016

I've always taken my prenatal at night - no issues so far. It has just become part of my pre-bedtime/wash my face routine.

Good luck!

coffee89 · March 2016

I always take them at night, it's the only time I can remember because I leave them next to my phone charger. I take gummies so no neausea from them though. In general it's the iron making you feel a bit sick if it's from the vitamin and not a regular morning sickness thing so having something in your stomach or taking it right before bed helps curb that.

CopperBoom86 · March 2016

I've always taken mine at night, right after dinner. DH and I usually eat dinner around 8 and go to bed around 11. I've never had a problem with them causing nausea.

celette482 · March 2016

So far, the queasiness went away at 8:30 rather than 10 (a big deal when judges get on the bench at 9!). Now it's just waiting for tonight.

I always will take an excuse for night cheese. Of course "I ate dinner and now it's 9 pm" empty stomach does not equal "I ate dinner and now it's 6 am" empty stomach.

mizzkbrat · March 2016

I always take mine at dinner and have had no issues.

wegme27 · March 2016

I always take mine before bed and have never felt queasy from them that I noticed.

nlane0723 · March 2016

I take them after I eat dinner. If I take them in the AM, I will be hugging a toilet within 20 minutes.

purelex · March 2016

I have always taken them at night, usually on a relatively empty stomach, but the all-day sickness has my gag reflex on edge when it comes to pills. On the bad nights (most of them, lately), I take a gummy PNV instead. I have kept everything down this way so far.

daisymama · March 2016

I take them during the afternoon or after dinner. Nausea is definitely worse for me during the first part of the day, and after throwing up a vitamin last week, definitely trying to avoid it again (I've actually been swallowing them with juice to avoid the slight taste of them, since it triggers a gag reflex for me now, blech)

anna.oskar · March 2016

@celette482
I've got slightly better than an n=1 for ya!

Weeks 1-3 took prenatals whenever the mood struck me or I remembered
*no ill effects, barely pregnant
Weeks 4-5 took prenatals within an hour of waking
*nausea within 20 minutes, increasing in waves regardless of activity level
Weeks 6-7 took prenatals with food at dinner
*no immediate nausea but found to have heartburn & feel "sea-sick" upon becoming horizontal
Weeks 8-9 took prenatals before bedtime and > 2 hours post eating
*general "sea-sick" throughout the day but only in response to "quick-jerk" type movements
(example: quickly sitting or standing, bouncing, driving over extremely bumpy roads)

Conclusion: Further study is needed to determine if time does indeed play a role in response to prenatal vitamin ingestion as it is impossible to conclusively say in the absence of a proper control group. The previous finding cannot be rules out to merely be an evolution of symptoms experienced as different week stages of first-trimester pregnancy on a single individual.

celette482 · March 2016

I took mine last night after dinner. No ill effects.

i'd been taking prenatals for a few months while TTC, and frankly I think I'm just MS and the vitamins make no never mind. That being said, they went down easier after dinner than after breakfast. So I'll be sticking with PM vitamins.

mrsman2018 · March 2016

mrszoess
Love night cheese.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxqycijBUn0

Also, I take my vitamin with supper. Taking it later inthe day def helps me. If I take it right before bed I have a snack. Cheese and crackers, lemon poppyseed loaf, apple and peanut butter, whatever I feel like.

mothernorth · March 2016

I MUST take mine with dinner, around 7pm every evening.
AM or empty stomach = nausea/heartburn
Before bed, belly not freshly filled = heartburn/increased issue with insomnia
I dare not take them in the afternoon or in the presence of children because they are gummy, and they are incredibly delicious for a vitamin. I would want to "try" Another in the afternoon, and the kids would want me to "share my candy" or all of a sudden decide they too need a vitamin that isn't a Flintstone.

UponAStar16 · March 2016

Mine are prescription and say to take at least an hour before eating or 2 after, so I take them on an empty stomach. If I remember correctly, when I used to take them in the morning it made me feel a little sicker at work, although MS happens to me pretty much whenever it feels like it throughout the day and night. Also, I had read that taking vitamins daily before getting pregnant reduces the chances of MS but that didn't work for me. I agree that a night cheese sounds lovely...

tschaef6 · March 2016

After having horrible morning sickness from taking my prenatals in the morning I switched to night and noticed a huge difference. I don't always eat a snack when I take it at night but don't notice a difference in that. I still have morning sickness throughout the day but it's way better after switching my prenatals to night. Good luck!

TurtleMomma · March 2016

I'm having a nerdgasm with all the statistics talk and general nerdery.

I have a confounder for you: I take a medication at bedtime that makes me horribly nauseous anyways so I dare not mix it with a pnv. I take it mid-day after the morning wave of MS begins to ebb. I must take it with food or bad things happen.

celette482 · March 2016

So far, it seems like near-ish to food is generally better, and people's MS is still worse in the morning.

personally I'm seeing some improvement, but I'm also seeing some shifting in my symptoms (more RLP, more hunger) so I could just be getting over MS in general. The biggest problem is remembering to take evening pnv. I've always taken all pills in the am and at dinner is weird for me. But I haven't missed yet.

anna.oskar · March 2016

The evening was tough to remember but we're keeping it classy by having my pnv, colace, and water glass sitting in the middle of the dining room table all the time like some weird centerpiece.

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