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regular vs. prenatal vitamins
In terms of TCC, what's the real difference? I'm currently taking Women's 1
a Day and a vitamin C. Should I switch to prenatal? When I looked at the labels, they seemed to offer pretty much the same thing. Also, my multi gives me 100% of folic acid, so do I still need to take an additional supplement? Thanks, Kim R. |
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I took Centrum until I found out I was pregnant, then switched to a
pre-natal vitamin. There is 1 microgram of folic acid in the prenatal as opposed to the 0.4 in regular. It is a personal choice really, if you have a great diet and are taking the Women's vitamin I don't see a problem! "Kim R." wrote in message t... In terms of TCC, what's the real difference? I'm currently taking Women's 1 a Day and a vitamin C. Should I switch to prenatal? When I looked at the labels, they seemed to offer pretty much the same thing. Also, my multi gives me 100% of folic acid, so do I still need to take an additional supplement? Thanks, Kim R. |
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regular multivitamins can have too much Vitamin A in, which isn't good
for baby. Check the labels to see the amounts of Vitamin A Julia On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:45:56 GMT, "Kim R." wrote: In terms of TCC, what's the real difference? I'm currently taking Women's 1 a Day and a vitamin C. Should I switch to prenatal? When I looked at the labels, they seemed to offer pretty much the same thing. Also, my multi gives me 100% of folic acid, so do I still need to take an additional supplement? Thanks, Kim R. |
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My Ob/Gyn gave me OneADay essentials and 0.8 mg of folic acid (I cannot
stand the iron in pre-natal). Love Nicky |
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Kim R. wrote:
In terms of TCC, what's the real difference? I'm currently taking Women's 1 a Day and a vitamin C. Should I switch to prenatal? When I looked at the labels, they seemed to offer pretty much the same thing. Also, my multi gives me 100% of folic acid, so do I still need to take an additional supplement? Thanks, Kim R. In terms of TTC, I would be taking a vitamin that has 100% for PREGNANT women. When a woman becomes pregnant, the need for some nutrients goes up. Ask your doctor or pharmacist what you should be taking. I personally would take prenatals because not only will you be able to build up your body stores of some vitamins, you'll have the proper nutrition for pregnancy from day 1 (conception). I know Wal-Mart has generic prenatal vitamins so I'm sure other places do too. If you're TTC, you can get a prescription from your doctor for some as well (prescription prenatals with stool softeners also help make the extra iron easier on your system). - Joanne #1 - 36w6d |
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"Kim R." wrote in message et...
In terms of TCC, what's the real difference? I'm currently taking Women's 1 a Day and a vitamin C. Should I switch to prenatal? When I looked at the labels, they seemed to offer pretty much the same thing. Also, my multi gives me 100% of folic acid, so do I still need to take an additional supplement? Thanks, Kim R. I think the biggest thing to watch is the Vitamin A content, simply because you don't want to have too much Vit. A once you are actually pg. (I forget the exact reasons - someone else can probably help on that. Though I do remember that it's mainly a problem with supplemental vitamins, not with eating too many green and orange vegetables, because of the way they are synthesized.) Well, also checking the folic acid between the two, since you want extra folic acid now. You may want to check the mg, not just the percentages, since I'm not sure if they change the requirements and therefore what constitutes 100% of the RDA. HTH Irene Irene |
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"Kim R." wrote in message
t... In terms of TCC, what's the real difference? I'm currently taking Women's 1 a Day and a vitamin C. Should I switch to prenatal? When I looked at the labels, they seemed to offer pretty much the same thing. Also, my multi gives me 100% of folic acid, so do I still need to take an additional supplement? Thanks, Kim R. I've always been told if you're TTC start taking a pre-natal vitamin. Even store brand ones are fine. That's what I've always done (and am doing now). -- Sophie - TTC #4 |
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"Kim R." wrote:
... I'm currently taking Women's 1 a Day and a vitamin C. Should I switch to prenatal? When I looked at the labels, they seemed to offer pretty much the same thing. I suggest you do a little research and see how much folic acid (might well be more than %100 of the RDA) and vitamin A are recommended for a woman who is TTC or pregnant, then just shop around for a good deal on vitamins. Some vitamins labeled "prenatal" are junky and some vitamins that aren't are higher quality. It is what the vitamin actually HAS in it, not the name, that matters. Obviously. :-) As you say, you checked labels and they looked pretty much the same. Re research: from: http://www.sbaa.org/html/sbaa_folic.html "Folic acid recommendation SBAA (Spina Bifida Association of America) advises the 60 million women of childbearing age not to depend on food alone for folic acid. SBAA urges women to follow the 1992 U.S. Public Health Service folic acid recommendations: * Women who could become pregnant should take 400 micrograms (mcg) of folic acid through a vitamin. (This amount is also written as 0.4 milligrams (mg).) * Women at increased risk for spina bifida should take 4000 micrograms (mcg) of folic acid by prescription for 1 to 3 months before becoming pregnant. (This amount is also written as 4.0 milligrams (mg).)" and from: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/...s/hr041201.htm "Vitamin A appears to pose this danger when women take more than 10,000 international units per day. To put this in perspective, many multivitamins contain 5 - 10,000 international units of Vitamin A per pill, so taking as few as two multivitamins a day might be dangerous, and some supplements of Vitamin A alone contain as much as 25,000 international units per pill. It's important to note however, that not all types of Vitamin A appeared dangerous in the study. Much of the Vitamin A we consume in food and pills is in the form of beta carotene, and other nutrients that the body converts into Vitamin A. Ken Rothman says his evidence suggests a problem only with Vitamin A itself. Ken Rothman: Supplements that contain high levels of beta carotene should not pose a problem with respect to birth defects, nor should high levels of beta carotene in the diet. David Baron: The researchers do caution that foods such as liver containing extremely high levels of Vitamin A might pose a risk of birth defects, though their study provides no direct evidence of that." Personally, my multivitamin gives me 6,000 IU of VitA a day, 2,500 IU of it as beta carotene. I checked with my family doctor and she says that's good. She didn't seem to care about the difference between the palmitate A and beta-carotene A, either. I've only got two websites up there, so you should probably do your own research to feel comfortable - thought the spina bifida people are probably a top source for folic acid advice, the vitamin A stuff isn't nearly as cut and dry. -- -- Vicki Married DH May 21, 1995 Ima shel DS, born 11/16/99; and DD, born 5/19/02. "Stay-at-home" Ima since October 2002. An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. -Spanish proverb I may not currently be pregnant, but I look pregnant, does that count? |
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Kim R. wrote:
In terms of TCC, what's the real difference? I'm currently taking Women's 1 a Day and a vitamin C. Should I switch to prenatal? When I looked at the labels, they seemed to offer pretty much the same thing. Also, my multi gives me 100% of folic acid, so do I still need to take an additional supplement? Prenatals typically contain more iron, calcium and betacarotene instead of vitamin A, and their folic acid content is higher. Except for the folic acid, the minerals and vitamins you take while TTC are not that critical, and you can continue with what you take now. However, 100% folic acid should correspond to at least 400mg. Check your vitamins for the real folic acid content. If that is OK, there is no problem in taking these until you know you are pregnant, and then switch to prenatals. -- -- I mommy to DS (15m) guardian of DH (32) EDD 05/17/2004 War doesn't decide who's right, only who's left |
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Ilse Witch wrote:
However, 100% folic acid should correspond to at least 400mg. Check your vitamins for the real folic acid content. If that is OK, there is no problem in taking these until you know you are pregnant, and then switch to prenatals. Sorry, that should be micrograms, not milligrams! -- -- I mommy to DS (15m) guardian of DH (32) EDD 05/17/2004 War doesn't decide who's right, only who's left |
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