Nasty but still important...
- Even though taking prenatal vitamins are gross, they are important for the development of the babe. I am currently just taking a children's gummy vitamin, and my doc says any vitamin is better then none!
- —Guest Alex
Prenatal
- I never took my prenatal pills with my four kids it made me sick plus since I had trouble swallowing them and didn't like gagging every time I tried I just gave up. But now with this pregnancy I am able to take them everyday with no problems.
- —Guest Alisha
Can't take them
- This is my first and since the beginning I have been having troubles with the vitamins. Swallowing is fine and they don't come back up they just make me SO INCREDIBLY SICK! I don't take prenatals. I just try and eat very healthy and make sure that I'm getting all the natural vitamins my baby needs. I feel healthy and great and the baby looks amazing.
- —MegaBeth
Flinstones!!!
- I took 2 Flinstone Gummies at night before bed with my son and he was a beautiful healthy full term baby. I am doing the same this time with baby number 2 and all is well so far. I had awful sickness with both pregnancies and both the regular prenatals and the chewables were discusting and irritating to my stomach.
- —Guest Jessica
They make chewable prenatals now!
- I did some research on the internet and my doctor approved chewable prenatal vitamins. They have the same amount of vitamins in them but it's easier to keep down and I don't gag!
- —Guest Michelle
Folic Acid
- I didn't take folic acid with my first, this time I started to take them and I felt awful. I think you've jut got to listen to your body.
- —Guest laura
Can't stomach them
- I am pregnant for the first time and the first couple of weeks I felt fine and took my vitamins. At about week 4 any pill I took made me violently ill. I kept trying to stomach my vitamins for 2 weeks after but it made things worse so I have quit taking them. When my first trimester ends in about 3 weeks I will try again, but plenty of women around the world don't take them and babies turn out just perfect. I believe it is all situational.
- —Guest katie
Lunch time
- With my first I took Flintstones, I could not get the others down. With my second to I took them after dinner and that worked well. With this one, if I take them a night I am sick the whole next day and can't eat anything but dinner. So I started taking them at lunch and it helps so much. I don't get sick now.
- —Guest Jen
every other day
- I have to crush mine just to be able to swallow them. If you think that taking them whole tastes bad well let me tell you it's worse when crushed. I find that if I take them before bed I am unable to sleep but if I take them in the morning I am left feeling ill all day. So I try to take them early evening. If I could get away without taking them at all I would do so in a heartbeat.
- —Guest Amy
At night
- I take them after dinner a few hours before bed and my morning sickness has been better. I wish I did this with my first pregnancy! Don't get me wrong I'm still a little sick but at least I don't feel so ill that I don't get anything done around the house!
- —Guest Tanya
Gummies
- I took two Flintstone Gummies in the morning, and two at night. When I started feeling sick (it did not matter what went in my mouth, it never seemed to make it to my stomach without making a second appearance soon after) I bought the harder Flintstones, crushed them up, and put them in apple sauce. This disguised the taste and texture enough for me to be able to keep them down. I'm expecting number two now (my son is about two yrs. old), and plan to take Flintstones, in order to avoid the nausea all together.
- —Guest Victoria
Take Prenatal Vitamins at Night
- I'm 9 weeks pregnant and I take my prenatal vitamins at night after my dinner. If I don't I'm sick all day long and can't eat anything.
- —darinamalibu
prenatal vitamins
- I have trouble taking prenatal vitamins. I find that it helps to take them with a glass of chocolate milk. Goes down much easier!
- —Guest Kate
The later the better
- I had problems taking them as well. I'm 9 weeks now and I try to take them everyday but in the beginning I felt so sick no matter when I took them. I found that taking them right before I go to bed made the nausea go away (since most of the time I fell right to sleep and didn't get affected by them).
- —Guest Jennifer
Sick
- I was taking prenatal vitamins regularly and just recently starting getting sick when I took them. I'm currently not taking them and I feel great!
- —Guest Nikki
