Good Prenatal Vitamins?

Hi-
I couldn't tolerate many, the best one for me was a prescription prenatal called PrimaCare One, very balanced (has the importance stuff you want/need), didn't make me sick, smooth gel tablet, easy to swallow, no yucky taste at all. You will still need to take Calcium separately though. Good luck!

Oh by the way...many of the prescription prenats already have the DHA/Omega 3's, so you don't need to take other supplements.

go to Wholefoods or a health store and look for ..i think they're called Super Nutrition or something like that..but they're one a day..and they're easy on the belly..just look for the ones that don't make you ill..also after you get pregs take it right before bed..that cuts out the morning sickness a lot.

For my three kids, I took the prenatal pills from costco and I never had a problem. They've been formulated into a smaller pill over the last 4.5 years.

good luck

Opti-Natal vitamins

They are big but have no taste.

They were suggested to me by my doctor (naturalpathic)you can order them online just search for Opti-Natal.

Also I would suggest Bradley Classes! So wonderful and helpful even to second time mommies. The nutrition advice alone was well worth it!

i second new chapter, they are the best and easy to digest and they don't make you feel ill.......

I would HIGHLY recommmend East West Essentials Optimal Prenatal vitamins! They are natural, which was a huge +, they are easy to take and they do not give you an upset stomach! I had tried everything else before these and the others all upset my stomach! I also take the Optimal Fatty Acids becuase they are made with a non-fish derived Omega 3, 6 & 9 so there is no possibility of mercury contamination, which was a concern of mine! I purchased directly from their website www.eastwestessentials.com or I was told they carry them at MDR Pharmacy in Encino.

Prefera OB are the smallest and have no aftertaste

Well this was a prescription prenatal so you may have to ask your doctor about it. My doctor also gave me some samples so I could try them before I bought them. I used nattele-c. I got very sick on other prenatal vitamins and these did not make me sick. Also they are little and round and have a candy coating so they taste good. Kind of like advil.

You know I was just thinking about this the other day. I had a friend who took Flinstone's her entire pg for that same reason. I'll be watching this post closely as we are going to try for another one as well.

I have used the Target brand pre-natals with my last pregnancy and trying now. My doc approved too. Easy to get, inexpensive, not too large, and almost a sweet taste (not overwhelming). Hope that helps! Good luck!

I used Twin Lab Pre-natal Care Vitamins. I was very sick during my pregnancy and these did not make me sick. Of course, check with your doctor to make sure he/she agrees. My OB said they were pretty decent. Amazon sells them for a good price. There is a 2 months supply in one bottle. They are average size and there was very little after taste.

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Hi V.,
Ask you doctor for samples of different vitamins and try them out to see which works best for you. You can then get a perscription for the one that you like.

Good luck!

The Vitamin Shoppe has a prenatal made by Twin Labs. My husband is a dietitian and that's what he said I should take. They are caplets and you take two at a time, but they are not horse pills. Good luck.

My doctor said Target brand prenatal vitamins were just as good as any others. They are small and tastless. You should also tell your DR you're trying to conceive. He/she might hand over some prescription samples.

Hi V..

Trader Joes has great prenatal vitamins. They aren't too big and don't have that really gross smell. They contain no wheat, gluten, artificial color/flavor, sugar, lactose, or allergic yeasts, nor any added preservatives. Also, they have a nice price point at around $11 a bottle.

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My accupuncurist has told me that most store brands are not well absorbed. I totally trust her and thanks to her....I have a healthy and beautiful baby girl. That said, she had me on maxinatal vitamins that made me awfully naseous during my pregnancy. I ended up trying a ton of different vitamins and found one at Whole Foods called Rainbow Light Just Once Prenatal One. It is so easy to digest you can take it without food. It was so easy on my stomach and provided all the essentials. I will take it again when we try for baby #2.

I've always had issues with prenatal vitamins upsetting my stomach and I tried the generic Target brand prenatal vitamins and never had one issue. They aren't tiny, but don't bother me one bit. One of my coworkers had recommended them to me.

I'm a mother of 5 girls - and my best bit of advice is wait until she's at least 2 to get pregnant again! Good luck!

I took Flintstones with all of my three pregnancy's. Supplemented with folic acid. My doc's said that was fine. Prenatels made me sick. You can get prescriptions and they come in a smaller size pill. They also make them to help with morning sickness (not that you need that, yet) I think they have some vitamin B. They didn't work for me though...thus the flinstones. I think any multivitamin is good, but you need folic acid for sure. Go to the vitamin section and compare prenatel ingredients and amts with other kinds of vitamins.

Ahhh, we are also thinking about another. It is so much work and I am 36 now so.... Such a hard decision. Good luck.
By far the best prenatal vitamins are New Chapter Perfect Prenatal!!! Seriously the best in the world. I even took them well after I had my son. You can get them at Whole Foods and there is no aftertaste, easily digestible, whole food based. I could go on and on.
Take care,
C.

My doctor always prescribed them for me and I just took them at night to avoid feeling yucky.
There is a reason we take these vitamins--because we don't get all the whole foods that we need and the folate needed for prevention of disease for the baby.
A really good natural way of getting that is through a whole food capsule named Juice Plus. I have alot of friends who are dieticians and they have figured out all the ingredients and they are more than adequate for pregnancy. There are also studies that show that women who take Juice Plus have less problems with pregnancy--such as pre-eclampsia.
Let me know if you want more info and best of luck with your family!
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Several months before I even thought that we'd start trying for another baby, I'd go into my Ob/Gyn's office and ask for a prenatal vitamin prescription. For us, prescriptions were far less expensive than OTC options. Plus asking your doctor makes sense because they can prescribe you what you need and of course avoid the "horse pills" that you don't like. Plus, I understand that it's even better to cut the vitamins in half and take half in the morning and the rest in the evening. It disburses them throughout your body better.

Good suggestions here.
Make sure, along with your prenatal's... take Omega-3 supplements as well... it helps in development of the baby's brain, eyes etc. VERY important. Along with my prescription prenatal vitamins from my OB, I was also given these. It is WELL worth it.

Hi, I had a horrible time with my prenatals, probably caused some of my nausea and I had bad after taste and constant burps of old beans. YUK! Well, a friend of mine told me that her OB suggested Flinstones Complete. When I finally told my OB about the affects of the vitamins he also suggested Flinstones Complete. Take two daily. What a difference! Check with your OB first, but those are a good alternative.

I love Shaklee's Vita Lea

I just recently started taking Nature Made. I purchased them at Target...good luck...

I take Natelle and a DHA supplement. Neither seem to have a taste and have worked well for me.

I used the ones that they have at Costco. They're big, but they don't taste badly at all. :)

I had to search for good prenatals during my 1st pregnancyalso becaue I couldnt swallow those horse pills. I have a really hard time with big pills, so I was desperate and went out and bought 5 different types. The absolute best for me was the pink bottle of Onesource Pre-natals. They are the size up tylenol capsules. you take two a day. My doc recomended them and said they were a great choice. I lvoe them so much i been taking them forthe last 4 years now. You can buy them at Walmart. Pink label, one source, about $6-8 depending on the size of bottle you get. Oh, and they have no taste.

Hi V.,

How exciting is another baby! : )

I've been shopping with Melaleuca for over 3 years and they now manufacture excellent Prenatals that are easy to take and they aren't nasty tasting or smelly. Remember Bobby McCaughey of Iowa? In November of 1997, she was the first person to successfully deliver 7 live healthy babies. She was taking Melaleuca's regular vitamins for women because our prenatals had not yet been announced. We now offer high quality Prenatals and we also offer the first and only natural Prenatal Omega-3 supplement to support your baby's brain and eye development.

The first steps to protect and ensure your baby is born healthy is to have good quality supplements that are going to provide your baby with the nutrients they need. But before you get pregnant and after your baby is born, you'll want to take steps to start detoxifying yourself and your home from chemical exposures as well. This starts in your home with your everyday products.

This is a link to a 10 minute video that gives in detail the effects of environmental and volatile chemicals on adults, toddlers and unborn children, even from breastmilk. www.sharethecause.com/T.

Melaleuca has many products that can help you in this area. I'd love to help you get more info if you'd like, but whatever you decide, make sure you are getting what you pay for with any supplements and try to find cleaning, laundry, personal care products and especially personal care products for the baby without harsh chemicals, mainly Phthalates which are synthetic chemicals found in a variety of everyday products, including soap, makeup, shampoo, lotion, plastic toys, lubricants, PVC tubing, paints and some pesticide products. Phthalates leach from these products, leading to exposure through ingestion, skin transfer and inhalation.

Recent scientific studies show phthalates can harm human male reproductive function, while other studies involving animals indicate these chemicals are also potential developmental toxins and endocrine disruptors and which has also been found in baby products such as shampoos, bath washes, etc.

Also, avoid the use of baby powder with Talc, which is a Carcinogenic and a risk factor for ovarian cancer and a lung irritant.

Best Wishes for your family and your next pregnancy,

T.
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A tip that worked for me on prenatal vitamins was to take them at night right before I went to bed. That way I wasn't burping them up all day like I would when I took them in the morning. Hope that helps. :)

I tried several prenatal vitamins and could not take them-without feeling very ill. We are also considering having a second and so -again I tried another food based vitamin-new chapter organics - again felt very sick. I even tried taking vitamins every other day - I will take the sublingal folic acid -prior to trying- because that is the one area where the research actually proves that taking this supplement 1 to 3 months before conception reduces the chance of birth defects. I may try a flinstone vitamin every 2 days. But will mostly stick with organic foods- best wishes to you!

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I took the Safeway Select Prenatal Vitamin during my pregnancy and subsequent breastfeeding. I checked the label against the prescription prenatals that I took during my first pregnancy, and they were the same in every way. They were the size of a regular pill and there was no taste. You can buy them at any Vons store in the vitamin aisle.

Hi V.. I totally relate! I, too, have a problem with taking "horse pills." I found, in comparison to the other prenatals I had tried, the Walgreen's brand ($17.99 for 240) was smaller in size. Still not as small as I'd like it, but it was an improvement! The vitamin amounts are the same as brand names and getting the folic acid is really the most important thing if you eat a half-way decent diet. As for the taste of these vitamins, they are coated so they have no taste unless you bite into them. If I can achieve the swallow fairly quickly, the coating seems to last long enough. But, I can only swallow them about half the time and I often end up chewing them. This one has a tart taste (probably from the ascorbic acid)that I don't find as noxious as other vitamins, so it's not quite as bad if I do end up having to bite it. If I had to bite a regular multi-vitamin, I would probably throw it up! I find regular multivitamins so disgusting, I finally had to ask my husband to take his vitamin in the morning because I couldn't stand the smell when he came to bed! As for cutting the pill, as someone suggested, I find that it is better for me to take the whole pill and risk having to chew it than to cut the pill and try to send jagged edges down my throat. It sounds like a previous poster found some pills that may be smaller, which would be great, but I wouldn't like to go through the torture twice a day!

I know that, in my case, my pill swallowing difficulties are psychological. I can swallow food that is much bigger with no problem. The funny thing is...when I was pregnant, I was able to swallow them almost all the time because I was doing it for my baby. Now that I am taking them just for myself, I have a much harder time!! I used to not take a vitamin for this reason. We are not trying for a second just yet (ours is also 15 months), but they say that women of childbearing age should all take a vitamin with folic acid, just in case. My prenatal was the smallest multi-vitamin that I've found AND it has the folic acid, so I'm sticking with it.

Good luck in finding a pill you can handle! Hey, and email me if you find one that is smaller! I certainly wouldn't mind switching.

Take care!

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Duet DHA. By perscription. Ask your doctor. They're about $30/month and well worth it.

My friend told me about Twinlab Prenatal Care. They are fantastic capsules and don't upset my stomach. I found them online for a very resonable price at

http://www.vitacost.com/Twinlab-Pre-Natal-Care-Multi-Vitamin

They are human size so you won't choke and gag! Ha!

Hi V.,

Prenate Advance it has 2 pills it's the only one that really didn't make me sick! Good Luck

Make sure Daddy is taking vitamins too. He also need the folic acid.