Prenatals

[shayv123 96]

My ob/gyn put me on prenatals to start taking to help prepare my body for pregnancy. My question is, why do I not have to take double prenatals like I did with the regular Multi-Vitamin? Once I thought about this, I called the office back and the nurse said the prenatals have more in them.............What has your experience been?

[ke1cutie 10]

Well I was taking some prenatal gummies that Target sells, I cant remember the name , but their target brand and had no problem , and I was advised to take baby asprin to prevent any blood clotting . I was also taking progesterone to support my pregnancy and an increased dosage of folic acid .

[shayv123 96]

Can tell me more about the progesterone and how it helped your pregnancy......It's been almost 16 years since I was pregnant lol!

[betty20032001 7]

I am on progesterone also. What it is, is a hormone your body makes naturally when your pregnant before 12 weeks I believe it helps sustain the pregnancy. I for example had a progesterone level of 11.5 when i found out i was pregnant which is on the lower normal end. I was put on progesterone. I did some research and anything less than 10 during pregnancy can cause a miscarriage.

[mamachef 37]

The reason you don't want to take double prenatal Vitamins is that if you do become pregnant too much Vitamin A or D can be harmful to baby... when I found out I was pregnant the first thing my docs did was cut me down to one prenatal and nothing else (except calcium) a day... I am almost 17 weeks now and have blood work frequently and my body is absorbing the nutrients very well...

[mommy1990 10]

When i saw my nut last Monday she told me that prenatals are not enough and recommended i stay on the fusion at 4 a day and add Calcium, folate, D3 and Iron. I really hate this conflicting recommendations everyone seems to give. Ugh so confusing!

[mamachef 37]

Yeah my NUT, head nurse of my program and OB were concerned that the vit a and D would be too high and can cause birth defects. Ask your OB they are going to know better than your nut if your nut only focuses on bariatric.

[shayv123 96]

The reason you don't want to take double prenatal Vitamins is that if you do become pregnant too much Vitamin A or D can be harmful to baby... when I found out I was pregnant the first thing my docs did was cut me down to one prenatal and nothing else (except calcium) a day... I am almost 17 weeks now and have blood work frequently and my body is absorbing the nutrients very well...

Thank you for the info!!