Prenatal vitamins

[love being a mummy]

I only have 1 pack.
I want to know if I should time them so I take the last tablet on the day of O, or a few days after O ?

[rainbowflower]

I'd aim for a day or two after O, so that the time when conception happens is still covered

[love being a mummy]

Thanks, thats what I thought

[atomic sagebrush]

Personally I think you should buy some more. It's not good for your body to go onto and off of vitamins suddenly if you can possibly avoid doing so.

Another option would be for you to take them every other day to make them last longer if you can't get to the store for more or something.

[love being a mummy]

Maybe I can start taking them now but take them every 2nd day. Wasn't sure if it would be ok or a waste of time?
I will buy some more if I don't get a BFP didn't want to buy too many packs and waste them cause I will change to the pregnancy vitamins instead of conceive ones once I am pregnant.

[love being a mummy]

Just read the pack again you have 2 things to take each day 1 tablet and 1 capsule.
Should I take both of them every 2nd day or alternate.
So tablet 1day and capsule the next.

I don't know how to do that little symbol thing looks like a back to front y so I'll just use a u instead

Tablets contain
Potassium iodide (Iodine 150 upg) - 197ug
Folic acid - 500ug
Cupric sulphate anhydrous (copper 1.3mg) - 3.3mg
Vit B2 (Riboflavin) - 1.5mg
Vit B1 ( Thiamine nitrate) - 1.5mg
Manganese sulphate monohydrate (manganese 5mg) - 15.4mg
zinc sulphate monohydrate (zinc 15mg) - 41.6mg
Nicotinamide - 20mg
Ferrous fumarate (iron 24mg) - 75.4mg
Vit B6 ( pyridoxine hydrochloride) - 50ug
Magnesium oxide-heavy ( magnesium 200mg) - 350mg
Ascorbic acid - 200mg
Calcium ascorbate dihydtare - 363mg (total vit c 500mg)
Selenomethionine ( Selenium 65ug) - 161.2ug
Biotin - 100ug
Vit B5 - 4.6mg ( Pantothenic acid from calcium pantothenate 5mg)


The capsules contain
Fish oil - natural (tuna oil) - 500mg
Containing omega-3 marine triglycerides aprox 160mg as:
DHA - 125mg
EPA - 30mg
Natrural vit E - 200 IU ( d-alpha tocopheryl acetate 147mg)
CoQ10 - 60mg
vit D3 - 400 IU (cholecaliferol 10ug)
Betacarotene - 1.5mg ( from Dunaliella salina extract equiv to fresh cell 37.5mg)

[atomic sagebrush]

I think I answered this on another thread already but those vites are very high in magnesium - higher than I usu. recommend even for pink swayers. If you find they upset your stomach, I would try and find a similar product with less mag.

Also you should be taking more folic than that, for blue swayers doing diet and supps, they need to be taking 2000 mcg (that's micrograms, not milligrams!) break it up into smaller doses like 400-500 and take several times a day to add up to the 2000 - that's how your body absorbs it best.

[love being a mummy]

I've got the 500mcg tablets and have 4 a day

[LolaInLove]

Personally I think you should buy some more. It's not good for your body to go onto and off of vitamins suddenly if you can possibly avoid doing so.

Another option would be for you to take them every other day to make them last longer if you can't get to the store for more or something.

YEP! This is what I was going to say. I think it is very important for any ttc lady to have prenatals all the time.