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You know it is funny that you mention this. I started taking a Calcium and acid reducer pill the last couple of days and I was nauseous also. I was worried something was wrong, but you may be right, it could be the pills. So today I am taking them with food and splitting them up during the day, so far so good.

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I had the same problem recently started the gummy vitamins and those are pretty good

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I eat a mini babybel cheese every morning before I take my Vitamins because otherwise the Iron in the multi makes me sick.

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I started gummys bc if not I wud have stopped takin them

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I have had this problem with Vitamins my whole life. I found a Vitamin made by NatureMade that is a softgel. It is the only vitamin that has never made me sick.

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Take them with food, but remember that Iron absorption is lessened when you eat with your medication. Also, avoid taking Calcium (or eating a calcium laden food) when taking Iron. Take them separately.

I had to switch to a chewable prenatal Vitamin and it worked much better and had a good balance of vitamins/minerals. I took it for more than a year even before I got pregnant. Now that I'm pregnant and everything makes me nauseous, I take a Gummy Vitamin and a separate iron supplement (the gummies don't usually contain iron) as well as B12 injections.

I can say from experience that it is very important to keep trying different things and not just give up on the supplements. They made me so ill that I stopped taking them, but around one year I was fatigued, sluggish and forgetful. I was seriously deficient in iron and B12 and once I got my levels back to normal my quality of life improved immensely.

Good luck,

~Cheri

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Take them with food' date=' but remember that Iron absorption is lessened when you eat with your medication. Also, avoid taking Calcium (or eating a calcium laden food) when taking Iron. Take them separately.

I had to switch to a chewable prenatal Vitamin and it worked much better and had a good balance of vitamins/minerals. I took it for more than a year even before I got pregnant. Now that I'm pregnant and everything makes me nauseous, I take a Gummy Vitamin and a separate iron supplement (the gummies don't usually contain iron) as well as B12 injections.

I can say from experience that it is very important to keep trying different things and not just give up on the supplements. They made me so ill that I stopped taking them, but around one year I was fatigued, sluggish and forgetful. I was seriously deficient in iron and B12 and once I got my levels back to normal my quality of life improved immensely.

Good luck,

~Cheri[/quote']

Very good advice. I also struggled with finding a Multivitamin that would not make me throw up. Tried Bariatric Advantage, Celebrate capsules with iron and finally a trader joes high potency chewable tablets. The trader joes are the only ones that will not cause heaving and throwing up. They taste pretty good, are 5 calories and easy to take. Good luck finding something that works for you.

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We tell our pregnant patients in L&D to take Flintstone Vitamins if they get nauseas... I take them and they seem to help since the gummies didn't go down well. Maybe try that.

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I take liquid vit and that has helped me. I can not take regular or I just throw them up

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What Calcium (chewable or not) do you take. I bought the Bariatric Advantage and its horrible tastes like biting into chalk.

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What Calcium (chewable or not) do you take. I bought the Bariatric Advantage and its horrible tastes like biting into chalk.

I have Citrate calcium with vit D chewables and they are really good.

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can you find that at a regular drug store? Thanks for your help.

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can you find that at a regular drug store? Thanks for your help.

Yup I bought it at grocery store

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