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What brand of prenatal vitamins should I take?
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blndtcher posted:
I am not pregnant yet but began taking prenatal vitamins. I am currently taking the Target Up and Up brand (generic for One-A-Day Womens Prenatal). Is this a good prenatal vitamin to be taking? I am also worried because I want to get the right amount of vitamins because I am 31 and I know I have a higher risk of complications because of my age.
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Byroney_WebMD_Staff responded:
Howdy Blndtcher and welcome!

If it's sold as a prenatal vitamin, it has to meet certain standards. If you're concerned, I know Target has very friendly pharamcists where I live. I'd suggest asking the pharmacist what he or she recommended. You could also ask your doctor.

Good luck trying to conceive (TTC)!

Byroney
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tlkittycat1968 responded:
My doctor said he could give me a prescription for pre-natal vitamins but the ones over the counter were just as good. The only difference was that the over the counter ones had less folic acid but anything that is enriched usually contains folic acid so the extra folic acid in the prescription pills was unnecessary.
 
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TyneIrish responded:
I was taking the gummy kind before I got pregnant. My OB told me they are the easiest on sesative stomachs. Just like tlkittycat said though they are all basically the same. Also, as long as you eat plenty of healthy foods and get plenty of exercise I think you will have a good future pregnancy. I seriously think changing to a healtier diet and exercising with my bf helped me get pregnant.
 
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dukacino replied to TyneIrish's response:
Eight natural vitamins below b vitamin as well as vit c.

Whenever we are unable to acquire all of the supplements necessary from diet regime our suggestions is that we all acquire nutritional vitamins. As an example, women that are pregnant and some women about to have a baby must have folate health supplements to avoid neurological tube problems. Young children between the ages of Half a year and Five-years are often restless people and also whenever they eat good food they might not receive plenty of vitamin supplements from the foods. Therefore, it is proposed that they're formulated with water-soluble nutritional vitamins C and also D. Vitamin and mineral D is essential for bone tissue structure and it's produced in your system, nevertheless for those with more dark pores and skin, individuals who are certainly not subjected to natural light as a result of currently being in the house must be supplemented using nutritional D. A vitamin performs a vital role to maintain correct eyesight.

Find more information about what vitamins should i take

You ought to be aware nevertheless that it must be preferable to get those nutritional vitamins from the meals available as balanced diet plan. It is because vitamin and mineral supplementing may result in vitamin and mineral harming. Additionally the main advantages of adding to certain nutritional vitamins remain dubious. Research has demonstrated which for instance supplementing a number of natural vitamins is not just worthless but additionally could be bad.

Precisely what natural vitamins do i need to have?

All depends on your own function of getting nutritional vitamins. Here are the highly recommended number of supplements subsequent to detailed study and research. They obtain the very best opinions coming from end users along with physicians.


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