I'm still BFing at 9 months and I ran out of prenatals so I got some at Costco. When I got home, I realized it was a 5 month supply! I'm open to BFing well past a year so I still opened it and have been taking them but a part of me did wonder if I would still have some when I wasn't BFing anymore!
How long did you take your vitamins? Anyone else get in a routine and have lots left over after you were "supposed" to be done?
apricot / 373 posts
I'm curious about this too, as I'm almost 8 months in. I figure that I will keep going until I stop bfing. 
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
I'm still taking them at 14 months pp. I'm still breastfeeding, but he's been slowly weaning--we're down to 1-2 times a day. I kinda think I'll still take them even after he's weaned--good to have the multivitamin!
persimmon / 1343 posts
For some reason I keep forgetting to take them postpartum! I took them diligently every day when I was pregnant, but now I only remember to take it maybe 4 days a week. I just started a new joint supplement yesterday, though, so maybe that will help me remember to take my prenatals too. I planned to take them as long as I breastfeed.
nectarine / 2220 posts
I've used a prenatal as my regular multivitamin since I was about 21 and my dr suggested it for the extra folic acid "just in case" we ever had an accidental pregnancy, and because I tend to be low on iron anyway, it saves me taking it separately. So, I'm only 9 weeks pp, but I have no idea when I'll stop. Post menopause maybe??
pomegranate / 3053 posts
I took them from before we started to try all the way until after I stopped nursing our second son (nursed him for about 14 months) because I wanted to finish the last bottle. I figured it was still vitamins and it would have been a waste to stop. This was a total of almost 6 years! Now I just take regular vitamins.
pomegranate / 3452 posts
I meant to take them through BFing, but I wasn't very diligent. My bottle ran out about 2 months pp and I never got another one. 
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6581 posts
I'm 3months pp and I take them most days. I'll probably take them til I'm done bf-ing and then switch to a regular multivitamin
watermelon / 14206 posts
@Penny Lane: Same...I'm almost 15 weeks in, and I can barely remember to take them. If I even make it through my pregnancy still taking them, I definitely will stop once I deliver.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
I am still taking them since I am nursing in the AM and PM still. Once I am fully weaned I will keep taking them till the bottle is out. Then will go back to a regular multi vitamin. They aren't that different from a multi vitamin.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
I'm still breastfeeding at 7.5 months pp, so I'm still taking them. I also plan to start TTC as soon as AF shows back up, so I'll just continue to take them until after baby #2 probably!
blogger / nectarine / 2608 posts
I took them as long as I was nursing. So, a very long a** time. 
Five years with Ellie, and then didn't ever stop since she weaned when I was pregnant with Lorelei. So I have been taking prenatals since May of 2006; more than 7 years.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
I am still taking mine. I plan to take them until I stop breastfeeding.
cantaloupe / 6206 posts
Ummmm I haven't been taking one and I'm still nursing, have I been totally screwing up here?
pomegranate / 3872 posts
We're still nursing but I assume I'll take them throughout my child bearing years. I don't see any reason to stop. I'm a vegetarian so I appreciate the extra iron.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
The first few months? I only take calc+mag supplements.
pomegranate / 3595 posts
I took them from before we started trying (nov 2010) through ttc, pregnancy, and continued BFing after day weaning at 13 months. When LO was 20 months we started Ttc again and I got pregnant again so I am still taking them...
apple seed / 1 posts
9 months postpartum now, still breastfeeding and still taking my prenatals. It's a great vitamin, not huge, not sickening, and not expensive, so I reckon I'll keep taking them through breastfeeding and probably the next few years until I'm done breastfeeding our next baby!
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
I stopped when I ran out, maybe 2 months after giving birth? I need to start back up since we are thinking of TTC again in the somewhat near future.
cantaloupe / 6692 posts
I plan on having my children close in age, so I will probably just continue to take them all the way through my childbearing/nursing years.
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