So I made my first appointment today and when I called, the nurse told me to make sure to get an over the counter prenatal vitamin at least for right now. Does anyone have any recommendations? She only told me to make sure it was high in folic acid and DHA. I've taken One a Day vitamins in the past. Are their prenatal vitamins good? What about Centrum?
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I'm currently taking Nature's Bounty Your Life Multi Prenatal because it was one pill that contained both folic acid and DHA. Maybe other prenatals came in two pills.
I'm not sure about One a Day or Centrum though.
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I believe both of those come in two pills with a folic acid pill and a multivitamin. I'll definitely check that one out though, thanks!
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For over-the-counter, I like Rainbow Light Once a Day prenatals and DHA supplements. Easy on my stomach and only two pills (1 vitamin, 1 DHA capsule) once a day. You can get it at Whole Foods. I've also taken the Target brand and liked it too.
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I use Spring Valley. I got them at Walmart and they've been much better than the generic CVS ones I had before. It's just one medium sized pill a day - for those of us with bad gag reflexes, that is a good thing.
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I'm doing Rainbow Light Once a Day and a Trader Joe's fish oil pill which has both DHA and EPA in it.
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I take Rainbow Light Prenatal One and Emfamil's Expecta DHA supplement - the Rainbow Light prenatal has a pretty complete dose of vitamins/minerals and is supposed to be gentle on the stomach.
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I'm taking a gummy prenatal - but it's mostly because I know I'll remember it. I may switch or add a normal prenatal when I actually start trying/get pregnant.
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I take the Target brand gummy prenatals. I've noticed that I am more likely to take my vitamins if they are gummies.
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I take the GNC prenatals. I like the ones without iron.
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I take the Rainbow LIght once pre-natal. I am trying to find a DHA supplement. I had one that was not made from fish, because I was a little worried about mercury. But then I heard that non-fish DHA is not as good, so I've switched to a new one made from wild salmon.
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I take the women's one a day prenatal vitamins =) Sometimes I get the target up and up brand that compares to that brand too. There are 2 pills to take each time.
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I'm taking Duane Reade brand PNVs...I'm cheap
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I'm taking Belly Band chewable prenatals - I stink at swallowing large pills and didn't want the additional stress of trying to force down a gigantic pill every day. This one was the only chewable I could find that included iron - the taste isn't great but it's doable. It doesn't contain fish oil though so I take a separate fish oil supplement....sometimes. The taste of that one is putting me off right now so I stopped it but I'll probably resume it a bit later.
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I use the walgreens or cvs brand ones and haven't had any problems, plus they go on sale often.
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I use Nature Made w/ DHA. I get them at Costco. I haven't been able to tell a difference between them and the others I've tried.
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I use Costco's brand, as long as it has 100o of Folic Acid you should be okay,
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i take the brainstrong prenatals - there are 2 pills in each packet, the multi-vitamin and the DHA. i like them, they've been easy on my stomach, and i really like that the DHA is vegan (i am not vegan, but the aftertaste of some of the other fish oils makes me sick, so it's nice that it doesn't have that)
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I also take the Costco Nature Made with DHA. Bonus: Costco often has coupons and Nature Made has a rewards program
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I took nature made prenatal vitamins and fish oil pills.
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I have the Costco/Nature Made prenantals, too.
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I take the target brand prenatal with an additonal DHA supplement.
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I take the Target brand prenatal with the Target DHA supplement (like @crash). Women's One a Day hurt my stomach...
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Thanks again everyone for the suggestions! I looked at all of them and decided upon the Nature Made that's in one pill. I like it so far and have had no problem with it hurting my stomach.
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I take the Target gummies-they're the only ones that don't make me nauseous.
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