Do you take your prenatals religiously at the same time everyday so you dont forget, or do find yourself forgetting to take it sometimes? I have days when I dont remember to take mine. The first time I forgot I freaked out, but my doctor said it wasnt a huge deal.
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While I was pregnant, probably once every few weeks. Now, all the time ... even though I'm still supposed to be taking them for BF.
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About once a week I forget- we do have pregnancy brain after all! My doc wasn't overly concerned about it.
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Just keep in mind - prenatals are a very new thing in human history. So forgetting them here and there won't hurt your baby.
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I forget to take them a lot. With my daughter I only started taking them when I was 30+ weeks so I figure even taking them sometimes is better than not at all and I don't really worry about it much.
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I take other meds for a prior health problem, so I just pop the pre-natals into my pill minder and then I never forget.
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I'm not even taking them as they didn't agree with me after multiple brands.
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While pregnant, I would forget once or twice a week. Now that I'm breastfeeding, I still forget & sometimes go a week or two without taking one. Oops!
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I pretty much never forgot for my first baby... maybe once or twice at the most. with pregnancy 2.0, however, it was like once a week or once every 10 days? I'd take it as soon as I'd remember though. It was just harder being a working mom of a toddler at the same time.
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i took them every day during my first trimester, but around 12 weeks i stopped taking them for like 2 weeks.
now i am 21 weeks and i take a multivitamin every day (not a prenatal) and a folate supplement. -
@yin: I'm in the exact same boat! I haven't taken mine for about a week now, this is a good reminder to go down and get them!
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I'm great at taking them and I credit the vitamins with me avoiding all colds/strep throat/etc this winter so far. I work in a school setting, so I've been used to losing my voice every year probably 3 times a winter, starting around Halloween. I'm totally going to take multivitamins religiously for the rest of my life now.
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I think I have only missed them once or twice. I take them right after I brush my teeth when I have my bedtime cup of water....a new habit I started.
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I've always taken a multivitamin and calcium every night, so it's a pretty ingrained part of my routine. I'd say I forget once every two or three months if I'm especially tired/sick/off of my routine.
I use an old lady style pill dispenser with the days of the week on it, so I think that helps too, I have it sitting out on my vanity and I can tell at a quick glance if I've taken that day's pills yet.
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I probably forgot once a week at least. And I still managed to get a very healthy baby.
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I forgot mine a handful or times. I don't think it's a big deal. Especially if you're eating healthy. I took gummy vitamins when I was pregnant because pills made me nauseous.
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I usually only forgot if we were travellimg, and I was out of my normal routine.
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I've only forgotten once or twice. On the weekend, I don't grab for my bag I take to work, so I have to remember to take them out of there. At work, I take them after eating, so it's easier not to forget.
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i'm just over 30 weeks and have yet to forget to take mine. i have my iphone alarm set at 8pm so i remember to take it everyday.
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I started getting baby brain and couldn't remember if I took my prenatal and allergy meds. So I got one of those days of the week pill dispensers and fill it up on Sunday. That way, I just need to look at the pill case to see if I remembered my meds that day.
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since being pregnant, i think i forgot a total of 3 times. i bought a pill box and it REALLY helps! i have to take it twice a day so that way i remember which one i took and which one i did. (i take extra folic acid in the morning and the prenatals & dha in the evenings). i put it in the same box, so when i look at Wednesday, i can see that i took it in the morning (because the folic acid shouldn't be there).
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I would say I have forgotten them about once a month. Im pretty good about taking them but maybe thats because I would take them even a year before actually being pregnant - as regular vitamins.
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In England they don't even recommend that you take them. (They only recommend them for conservative Jewish and Muslim women who are covered up and don't get enough sun exposure.) So I take folic acid every night, but that's it. The midwives said if you are eating a balanced diet, you're basically just wasting money. Any vitamins that you take that your body doesn't need just keep peed away.
So, I wouldn't worry if you've missed a few days
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I forgot once, and it was the same day I found out I'd overdrafted my checking account because a charge from three weeks earlier had finally come through. I cried on the way to work because I thought I was unfit to have a baby and buy a house since I couldn't remember to take my vitamins and was 31 an still overdrafting. Haha. I didn't take them for the last couple of days either because I had a bad stomach virus. But I'm also not pregnant yet - I might forget a lot more then!
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I take mine at work every day right after I eat breakfast. I leave them sitting on my desk so I don't forget them. I'm really bad about taking them on the weekends, though
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@Mrsbells: every few days... oops!
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I take them with dinner, so the only time I usually forget is if we are eating out or at someone else's house for dinner. I've been taking them for a month and I think I've forgotten 3 or 4 times.
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Try a daily pill container and you'll be less likely to forget. That is what I use!
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I hardly took them the first trimester because they'd end up in the toilet after a long day of morning sickness
so in my second tri, I was forgetting at least once a week. I felt SO bad! So I set an alarm on my phone to take them after dinner, and I make sure to never hit the off button until I DO take them. My husband has been great at reminding me too.
so in my second tri, I was forgetting at least once a week. I felt SO bad! So I set an alarm on my phone to take them after dinner, and I make sure to never hit the off button until I DO take them. My husband has been great at reminding me too.
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