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Yes, you drop the other vitamins when you start the prenatals. The only thing I take in addition to my prenatal is a fish oil capsule each day.

I like Trader Joe's prenatal vitamins - I tried them because I read a lot of reviews that they were gentle on the stomach, and I haven't had any problems with them so I've stuck with it.

My doctor told me that any multi vitamin will basically do as long as it has folic acid and said that's really the only supplement you have to focus on. She ended writing me a prescription for prenatals that has 800mg of folic acid instead of the 400mg that regular multi vitamins typically have, and I went with the prescription G12's since it was cheaper.

I just take a folic acid supplement. When I get pregnant I plan to ask my doctor what she recommends.

A lot of vitamins made me sick, the ones that work best for me were trader Joe's prenatals plus their DHA

As far as I know, the only thing you really need to take is folic acid, everything else is pretty optional unless you have some deficiency.

I took Prenate Elite and when we switched insurance it started costing us 4x more for the same prenatal vitamins! So I asked my OB's office and they said any brand should be fine and suggested Target's brand. After I started my second trimester I started taking Nature's Way with DHA and have been taking it since.