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I've been on a prenatal vitamin since October 2011. My OB said to start taking it a few months before TTC, just like you mentioned.

I would take prenatals

I would start taking them.

My OB told me she recommends that all women of child bearing age take a prenatal vitamin. It certainly isn't going to hurt you. I took the nature made prenatal.

I just take the generic version from Walgreens. During pregnancy they made me queasy and I had to switch to gummy vitamins, but not pregnant I haven't had problems with them.

Another vote for starting the prenatals now. I took the Target generic brand for about a year before we started TTC, and once I got my BFP, I switched to a gummy vitamin with added DHA.

I started taking gummy prenatals about 6 months before we started trying. (Truth be told, I was getting married and hoped it would improve nails and hair! LOL! But I also knew we were going to start TTC right after the wedding so there was that too)

There's a grocery store in my area that does free prescription prenatals. So i called my doctors office and asked them for a prescription (they were fine giving it over the phone, so you probably don't need a separate appointment) and now i get my prenatals for free. They are two pills, one prenatal and one DHA liquid pill. I think it's worth looking into programs like that. Some only do your FIRST prescription (30 days or so) for free, so I went with the one that doesn't limit it even though it's not my normal grocery store

I think all women of childbearing age should take folic acid or a prenatal! It can never hurt that being said, I take that and also take fish oil. I also take a prescription folic acid because my body doesn't absorb it like it should. They're all kind of the same...just pick one and as long as you take it, it's good. I take the gummy because I don't want the iron (i eat plenty of iron rich foods and iron constipates me, so...no iron for me personally)

My OBGYN also said to start taking prenatals a few months before TTC so I have been taking the Target brand gummies. Sounds like we are on similar timelines for TTC

We're not even trying (not NTNP either) and I'm taking folic acid, a regular multi-vitamin, and calcium. The folic acid is just in case...

I think that it can't hurt to take prenatals if you're not preventing. It can't hurt.

I used to take them with dinner because they upset my stomach. Now my body is used to them so I take them with breakfast.

Another vote to start taking them now. I started taking them in December or January I think.... which was about 4 or 5 months before we started TTC. I either took a regular multi with a folic acid supplement or just bought a new brand of prenatals whenever I ran out, but since I've been pregnant, the only combination that works is the naturemade prenatal (without DHA) and a strawberry-flavored omega-3/DHA supplement by Nordic Naturals. For some reason the multi-vitamins that already have DHA in them make me sooooo sick now. I really don't think the brand matters much especially before you're pregnant. Folic Acid is the important ingredient, because the best-case scenario is that it would already be in your system by the time conception occurs.