Women's multi ?

[love being a mummy]

:( omg I haven't taken any for 2 days. I ran out 2 days ago and was supposed to get some yesterday and I totally forgot and now I probably won't be able to get any until mon or tue.
That means a whole week without any prenatals, will that do any damage to the baby if I am pregnant?

[atomic sagebrush]

It's not ideal, but I'm sure it's happened to other people as well. Can your husband pick some up for you??

Otherwise if you have any single vitamin pills like C, D, etc. that are a similar dosage to your prenatal, start taking those as a replacement. Also, many breakfast cereals are heavily vitamin fortified and so if you started eating some a couple times a day, you'll make up some of the deficit.

Being that you're only 1 DPO it's less critical than if the baby had already implanted, but still not ideal (for your own health either) so I am really hoping yoru DH can get some for you.

[jacqueline]

I'm not normally in this forum but just saw your post on the front page - if you are waiting on a prescription, can you just get some over the counter to tide you over? (You can always use them later during BFing.) If not, I would at least try to get some folic acid, which is very cheap and available. That is the single most important one to take. Individual vitamins are fine too but just be careful with vitamin A - the retinol form has been linked to birth defects. The beta carotene form is recommended, just eat carrots! Good luck with POAS. :)

[atomic sagebrush]

THANK YOU JACQUELINE!!! No one should take high dose Vit A (the small amounts included in many multivitamins is ok).

[gizmo77]

but isnt it true also not to eat too many carrots??? or is dietary vit A okay?

[love being a mummy]

I've got FA I've been taking that.
I've got some womens everyday vitamins but I wasn't sure if they were safe to take or not.

[TTC5]

You will be fine, long as you have the folic acid :) Get the pre natal soon as you can though x

[HopeandDreamG]

I don't know if they do this where you live, but here you can usually get samples from the doctors office

[love being a mummy]

Nah don't think you can do that here.

[atomic sagebrush]

I've got FA I've been taking that.
I've got some womens everyday vitamins but I wasn't sure if they were safe to take or not.

Yes, those are fine.

[atomic sagebrush]

but isnt it true also not to eat too many carrots??? or is dietary vit A okay?

You would have to eat more carrots than is humanly possible (and turn bright orange) before you could get anywhere near the amount of Vit. A in one vitamin.

[love being a mummy]

B12 - 10mcg
B2 - 4mg
B6 - 60.8mg
B1 - 4mg
B3 - 36mg
B5 - 13mg
Vit C - 120mg
Iron as ferrous fumarate - 5mg
calcium as carbonate - 170mg
zinc as oxide - 170mg
betacarotene - 1.2mg
folic acid - 300mcg
Vit A - 600mcg R.E
vit E - 30mg
magnesium - 50mg
cholecalciferol - vit D3 - 5mcg
citrus extract - 2mg
biotin vit H - 150mcg
Vit K1 - 36mcg
iodine - 150mcg
copper - 1mg
chromium - 50mcg
manganese - 1mg
molybdenum - 25mcg
selenium - 25mcg
borax - 1mg
lysine - 5mg
EPO - 634mg

[love being a mummy]

So it's fine to take all those above.
I see EPO mentioned, I got told to stop taking EPO a few days before O

[atomic sagebrush]

For right now, your body's need of nutrients for health vastly outweighs the potential problems from the EPO (delaying O and causing uterine cramping.)