I currently take a multivitamin as well as D, C, B.
We are TTC and I've read its a good idea to start prenatal while TTC.
Should I just add a good prenatal or should I be substituting it for the multivitamin? OR should I just add folic acid?
Feel confused!
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I just started on prenatals when I TTC'd... Figured if I need it when I get pregnant, might as well just start!
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@Snowjewelz But were you taking other vitamins too? Or just the prenatal?
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a prenatal vitamin is a multi vitamin with usually extra folic acid and other things relevant to pregnancy and breastfeeding.. you don't need to take both. Or you could keep your regular routine and add folic acid. Or you could see what your obgyn recommends!
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Thanks @anya thats kinda what I was trying to figure out. I will probs just switch for the time being to a prenatal
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I took a prenatal multivitamin, plus calcium/D and DHA. Still do while pregnant. Some people add iron as well.
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I'd just switch the multivitamin to a prenatal. But if you want to use up the multivitamins you have, you could just take an additional folic acid suppliment until you run out of the multivitamins. Also, my husband is a pharmacist and he recommended that I just use generic prenatals because he doesn't think that there's any real difference.
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Thanks @jengirl. Super helpful
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If your multivitamins don't expire for a long time, I would save them for later and start taking the prenatals.
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My OB wanted me to start taking prenatals when we started TTC. I'd just switch the multivitamin for a prenatal.
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Agree w/ pps, I just switched over to prenatal vitamins from my multi.
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