I'm currently taking Centrum Pre-natal (not religiously, maybe once every other or every two days). The box does say to keep taking it during breastfeeding.
I'm curious to know if anyone continued their pre-natals after birth during breastfeeding, if you changed to another vitamin, or if you stopped taking vitamins completely?
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persimmon / 1281 posts
There's a brand who came out with a postnatal vitamin so I switched to that. New chapter maybe? I can't remember.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
Yes, I am still taking prenatals because I am breastfeeding. I am still taking the same one-Naturemade.
clementine / 918 posts
I took the Rainbow light prenatals but because they were iron fortified they made me constipated. I didn't want to deal with that after birth and didn't need the extra iron, so I took gummy prenatals while breast-feeding (I started taking these 3 weeks or so before birth because i did not want to be constipated after birth, things are already complicated enough down there).
grapefruit / 4361 posts
My dr wants me to take prenatals for a year after birth for breastfeeding health and for replenishing my body's nutrients.
watermelon / 14467 posts
Yes, I've been taking prenatals for years. I'll switch to a regular woman's vitamin when I am done breastfeeding.
pineapple / 12793 posts
I've taken a daily prenatal for almost ten years. I guess I'll stop when DH gets a vasectomy.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
Yep. I don't want to risk my folic acid level getting low since I'm hoping for another pregnancy.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
I should be but forget all the time. Thanks for the reminder!
But yes it's generally recommended to keep taking them while breastfeeding.
persimmon / 1461 posts
Nope, stopped taking them at 30 weeks as they gave me migraines (elevit). I tried the breastfeeding version, it also gives me migraines. I take vitamin D and magnesium whenever I remember.
persimmon / 1322 posts
Yes, I still take a prenatal vitamin 10 months pp, and will continue until I am done breastfeeding my last baby.
kiwi / 549 posts
I took prenatals throughout my pregnancy, finished the bottle of pills after I have birth, then switched to a women's multivitamin. I'm breastfeeding and tend to have issues with anemia, but I haven't felt a strong need to take a prenatal or special breastfeeding vitamin.
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
I am still taking my prenatals while breastfeeding and will continue after since we are planning to TTC when our LO is a year old.
I would encourage you to take your prenatals every day. At one point to make sure I didn't forget to take mine I kept a stash in my car and would take it with my coffee on the go.
pomelo / 5573 posts
My doctor told me to, but I didn't. I also didn't take the full month of iron supplements she told me to take. I'm not a very good patient.
coconut / 8483 posts
I'm trying to remember to! I haven't kept up my iron supplements because those plus the pain meds (c section) ... I would never poop again. I'll start them back up again soon probably.
pomelo / 5720 posts
DD will be 21 mos in 2 days and I am still taking them when I remember (still nursing too). I have low iron levels so they help some with that too.
grapefruit / 4988 posts
Yup, I took them while breastfeeding and then by the tail end of that, we had started TTC again. I think I've been taking them pretty much non-stop since we first started TTC in 2012 (!).
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