Can we talk prenatal vitamins......

Jendink · November 2016

I have been taking mine at night and keep getting this feeling that they are stuck in my throat.... SOOO.... Thinking of changing to the gummies! Anyone taking a really good gummy?! I am also on folgard (extra folic acid) as prescribed by my dr. I hate going to bed every night feeling like there's a lump on my throat.

ssnova · November 2016

I use to take the vita fusion prenatal gummy and they were great. I'm on a special prenatal now since we found out I have MTHFR

lovesclimbing · November 2016

Maybe try taking them in the morning? I usually take mine with breakfast. Try to eat something afterward or drink more while taking them if you continue to take them at night and that should clear the feeling.

LilLee11 · November 2016

I take Smarty Pants prenatal bc it has folate instead of folic acid. They taste alright, but you need 6 so I take 3 in the morning and 3 at night.

mrt · November 2016

My ob told me I could take Flintstones chewables for now, since I keep gagging on mine, so I'm doing that plus the small dha pill that goes with my prenatal

Xath · November 2016

I've tried all sorts of prenatals and my favorites are the BellyBar chewables. I did the gummies for a while, but started to gag on the fishy taste. Now I take the BellyBar chewables with a separate VitaminWorld DHA, which are small enough gel capsules that I can handle them.

tosh24 · November 2016

I can't stomach my prenatals (I take Genestra brand PregnaVite since I am gluten and dairy free) right now because they are backing me up but just one colace pill to counteract that sends me running to the bathroom for the entire night. So, I'm just taking a folic acid pill at the moment. Maybe I'll have to look and see what else is out there.

JAGinMI · November 2016

I cannot get over how gigantic these things are. The one I am taking is from Trader Joe's and it's not even gel on the outside so I take it with the most giant gulp of water I can manage to choke it down. I truly do not understand why they can't make them half the size and just tell you to take two! Anyway, I have not tried gummies, just wanted to comment on how annoying these things are.

owensmom0807 · November 2016

I take the Nature Made Gummy Prentals. Pills make me vomit.

Wino0920 · November 2016

I take One A Day Prenatal and I feel like I'm trying to swallow a grape! I started taking them a year before my first so now it's just a mental thing for me. I have to keep the same brand!

alm52386 · November 2016

I take the GNC brand prenatal. They are a decent size but a gel capsule. But you have to take 3!! I also have the smarty pants gummies and those have less of almost everything the actual vitamin has.

meg2704 · November 2016

I'm on the gummy vitamins as well. I've never been able to handle big pills or the vitamin taste. Mine are the Walgreens generic but they are good enough! I'm also going to start supplementing with a calcium chewable since I am lactose intolerant and do not get much calcium in my diet.

glitterfish-2 · November 2016

I take the target brand gummy. It doesn't have iron.

MotherofDragons · November 2016

I take a liquid prenatal that has dha and iron. I add it to a smoothie or juice and it's fine.

mombod · November 2016

Ive been taking Rainbow Lite prenatals for about two years and highly recommend them! They are plant based so the vitamins are easily absorbed. I started taking them when I was pregnant with my son and having leg cramps at the suggestions of my midwife. such a huge difference

amberp1528 · November 2016

I also take the one a day purple prenatal vitamins. They are really hard to stomach some days and I have even throw it up once but I am pushing through because that is the one the doctor wanted me to take. I have to agree the size is quiet big but I think I would prefer the one big one over the 3-6 others are taking.

NamelessAria · November 2016

@Jendink I'm sorry if you've already told me this but do you have MTHFR? I'm assuming you do since you're on folgard unless you have a history, or family history, of neural tube defects.

If you have MTHFR my top two recommendations if you're having trouble with pills would be the Prenatal Protein Powder from Seeking Health or the SmartyPants Prenatal Gummies. Neither have iron so if you need the iron like many women do I'd suggest taking an iron supplement. The one I tolerate best is by far the Iron with Cofactors from Seeking Health. Bonus: it has extra biotin and riboflavin which is great if you're pairing it with the Smartypants Gummies since the Smartypants gummies don't have enough biotin or riboflavin at only 10% of your RDA of biotin and 9% of your RDA of riboflavin.

I have homozygous C677T MTHFR and I've noticed I just feel better when I get some extra folate. So I also take 800mcg of L-methyfolate or Folinic Acid(not the same as folic acid and folinic acid is perfectly safe for MTHFR) with my prenatal. If you're on folgard for the extra folic acid because of neural tube defects you definitely will want to supplement extra folic acid/folate with your prenatal if you switch to an OTC prenatal since most don't have more than 800mcg.

keniialise · November 2016

I take the vita fusion gummy prenatals, they were the only ones I could stomach my last pregnancy.. and so I stuck with them all through breast feeding and just continued once I found I was pregnant.

anitamargarita_82 · November 2016

I started out on prescription prenatals from the Navy. They made me so sick and constipated so I switched to the Healthy Mama Prenatal Vitamin 2-pack. It's a vitamin plus a DHA. The DHA is amazing! No fish taste or burps. The vitamins have a different kind of iron in them that doesn't make you stopped up so they've been a blessing for me! Both pills are pretty small. I also take a fiber gummy for extra help as well.

gabadoo · November 2016

mombod's recommendation for the Rainbow Light prenatals...I take the Prenatal One with a separate DHA supplement. They're big, but tolerable

Jendink · November 2016

NamelessAria said:

@Jendink I'm sorry if you've already told me this but do you have MTHFR? I'm assuming you do since you're on folgard unless you have a history, or family history, of neural tube defects.

If you have MTHFR my top two recommendations if you're having trouble with pills would be the Prenatal Protein Powder from Seeking Health or the SmartyPants Prenatal Gummies. Neither have iron so if you need the iron like many women do I'd suggest taking an iron supplement. The one I tolerate best is by far the Iron with Cofactors from Seeking Health. Bonus: it has extra biotin and riboflavin which is great if you're pairing it with the Smartypants Gummies since the Smartypants gummies don't have enough biotin or riboflavin at only 10% of your RDA of biotin and 9% of your RDA of riboflavin.

I have homozygous C677T MTHFR and I've noticed I just feel better when I get some extra folate. So I also take 800mcg of L-methyfolate or Folinic Acid(not the same as folic acid and folinic acid is perfectly safe for MTHFR) with my prenatal. If you're on folgard for the extra folic acid because of neural tube defects you definitely will want to supplement extra folic acid/folate with your prenatal if you switch to an OTC prenatal since most don't have more than 800mcg.

@NamelessAria I am not familiar with what MTHFR stands for but the reason I am on the folgard is because my husband was born with cleft lip and palate. My dr suggested this to help prevent this with our children. With my DD i was just on extra folic acid that he had prescribed for me to take. This time around he suggested the Folgard so that is what I am taking.

@MRT I did talk to my dr yesterday about taking flintstones so I may be doing that. They said the only thing about that is that they don't have a lot of iron in them so i will have to increase my iron intake, which i do not have a problem doing

@JaginMI I agree with the size of these pills...absolutely INSANE!!!

merrylea · November 2016

DH was judging, JUDGING me on my gummy prenatal vitamins. Basically insinuating that they were subpar compared to other vitamins. On an aside though, I have gotten sick on regular vitamins in the past, so in recent years I've gravitated towards gummies.... and I like candy too.

Right now I have Walgreens brand prenatal gummies along with Vitafusion calcium plus fiber gummies.

Jendink · November 2016

@modbod and @gabbadoo are you taking the 1 pill or the 2 of the rainbow lite prenatals? I am looking them up now and there are 2 different ones

NamelessAria · November 2016

Jendink said:
@NamelessAria I am not familiar with what MTHFR stands for but the reason I am on the folgard is because my husband was born with cleft lip and palate. My dr suggested this to help prevent this with our children. With my DD i was just on extra folic acid that he had prescribed for me to take. This time around he suggested the Folgard so that is what I am taking.

Gotcha. Yeah in that case you can probably do whatever gummy you'd like and just take a separate folic acid supplement to get to the amount you need. You can get folic acid as an individual supplement really cheaply. I'd personally, were I you, just get whatever gummy is the cheapest and still has enough of all the essentials. You probably want one with DHA so you don't have to take that separately but that's up to you. And still take iron with it because gummies rarely (never?) have iron.

I took the Rainbow Light Prenatal One before I found out I have the MTHFR gene mutation and I loved rainbow light. It never upset my stomach, gave me constipation or irritated my bladder (I have a chronic bladder condition that causes inflammation and makes my my bladder very easily irritated by foods, beverages and a lot of vitamins). I was just really happy with it overall. The 1 a day is a fairly large pill but I think it also comes in a "petite prenatal" that is 2 or 3 smaller pills you take each day so that might work for you.

MTHFR is methylfolate reductase which is a gene that "converts" folic acid to a useable form within the body. People with a mutation in the MTHFR gene can't convert folic acid very well so they need to avoid it. But if you were never told you have the mutation you're probably good!

JessyKV · November 2016

My prenatal vitamins have always made me really sick so I definitely want to try that Rainbow Lite brand! Thanks for the recommendation.

BellaO21 · November 2016

I started out with the One A Day prenatals but they made me really sick- regardless of whether I took them morning or night. My OB recommended taking the First Response gummies and I LOVE them! They're citrus flavored! Plus Kroger usually has them on sale!

Jendink · November 2016

@BellaO21 those ( 1 a day) are what I'm taking now! And I've got to switch. Lol

acrose0226 · November 2016

I take Thorne prenatal vitamins. They are by far one of the best/most natural brands on the market (across all of their vitamins/supplements, not just prenatals). They don't add random additives or fillers to the pill like many mainstream brands do, so what you're getting is the real deal (with mainstream vitamins, much of what's in the pill actually passes right through you as it's either fake or in a form that the body can't break down). As many people have issues absorbing folic acid, Thorne uses folate in their prenatal to increase effective absorption. Highly recommend.

BellaO21 · November 2016

Jendink said:

@BellaO21 those ( 1 a day) are what I'm taking now! And I've got to switch. Lol

I really think the smell of them is what got me! Makes me sick even thinking of it lol. I feel your pain hun!

zseirecarg · November 2016

My doctor prescribed me Vitafol Ultra. I took the samples they had given me for week with no issues, filled the prescription today and it was $30 for a month, which seems awful high. I got them and will take them for a month while I research and talk to my doctor about switching to something else. This thread is perfect as I was going to try and find something comparable via google!

I feel like they maybe made me constipated for a day or two but I think i have adjusted now. They are a bigger pill - but not the biggest i have taken and are a soft gel with ZERO flavor (thank goodness, because I'm sure if they tasted like something I would be repulsed).

Also, side note: I have looked and looked and I don't think any of the gummy vitamins come with iron.

email2ash · November 2016

I take Natures Made horse pills but I'm jealous of all this gummy talk. Maybe when I can get through this huge bottle...

NamelessAria · November 2016

@email2ash If you don't like them I'd say just switch. I was taking the seeking health prenatal (in pill form) and the serving size is 8 pills a day. That was fine when I was taking them while TTC and at the beginning of pregnancy before morning sickness started but sheesh I can't swallow 8 pills a day now. I don't even care that the bottle was $50. I may try to finish the bottle later on when I tolerate pills better once nausea has passed but I'm done for now. I went out and got the prenatal protein powder and a bottle of the Smartypants gummies and I rotate between those now. Some days a chocolate protein shake sounds great and other days I can't even think about it without feeling queasy. My point here is do what you gotta do to get through pregnancy. If you're having trouble taking the horse pills just don't. Get some gummies. And maybe later on the horse pills won't be so bad and you can finish the bottle. Or you may decide gummies are better and say "never again!" to horse pills. But, ya know, do what you gotta do without feeling bad about it!

email2ash · November 2016

@NamelessAria I like your thinking! I'll go on the hunt this weekend

JaneShops · November 2016

I started out trying New Chapter, since they're the ones my friends take. I just couldn't do the large pills, PLURAL! So, I went and got my prescription for Prenate Mini. It's pricey, but you go to their website & there's a printable coupon so the most you'll pay is $10

lovesclimbing · November 2016

I used the women's one a day for four months. And then I could no longer find them on Amazon without food coloring in them. Why in the world does a VITAMIN need food coloring? So I switched to Nature Made. Neither of them ever made me sick. I also have never taken them on an empty stomach, always with a meal so that's probably at least part of it.

I'll probably switch again soon because my midwifery center has a couple of preferred brands that they prefer (and may require, I'm not sure) that you to take. They are ones that are better for you. Methyl folate as opposed to folic acid for one and a non-synthetic B vitamin.

mombod · November 2016

Jendink said:

@modbod and @gabbadoo are you taking the 1 pill or the 2 of the rainbow lite prenatals? I am looking them up now and there are 2 different ones

Im currently taking the 1 which is very big bc I was taking before BFP and still have more. when I finish I will go back to the petite at the recommendation of my midwife. She prefers splitting them up over the day but said finish what I have.

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gabadoo · November 2016

mombod said:

Jendink said:

@modbod and @gabbadoo are you taking the 1 pill or the 2 of the rainbow lite prenatals? I am looking them up now and there are 2 different ones

Im currently taking the 1 which is very big bc I was taking before BFP and still have more. when I finish I will go back to the petite at the recommendation of my midwife. She prefers splitting them up over the day but said finish what I have.

I also just take the one big one per day (didn't realize there was a different version). Been taking it since before I was pregnant with my son 3 years ago. I usually take it with some meal. Only issue that I've had is some constipation, but I don't think that's a unique issue to this vitamin...just the fact that there's lots of iron in it.

JessErinF · November 2016

I'm currently taking vitafol ob. Prescription from my ob. It's a vitamin tablet plus DHA softgel. Not huge not small. No taste. I take them in the AM because I felt like they were disrupting my sleep when I took them at night. But I always take with food to avoid nausea. I have been burping like a mad fiend and I'm wondering if it's the vitamins now! Hahaha

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