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Morning Sickness and Prenatal Vitamins

What should I do if morning sickness causes me to throw up my prenatal vitamins?

Before giving up on prenatal vitamins, try taking them in the evenings—often, pregnant women can tolerate vitamins better at night than in the morning. If the pill still comes up, you might want to ask your health care provider about switching to a different brand or type of vitamin. Some women find liquid or children's vitamins more tolerable.

Prenatal vitamins are most important during the first 10 weeks of your pregnancy, which unfortunately is when nausea is often at its worst. If you simply can't keep the vitamins down, ask your doctor about a folic acid supplement, because folic acid is a key nutrient during early pregnancy.

Finally, make sure you're eating a well-balanced diet. Getting plenty of nutrients from food is ultimately more important than taking a supplement.

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5/1/2009 - 2:48AM
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Generally your vitamin water only has a few select nutrients, and often not those needed during pregnancy. Instead, find a quality vitamin, or even our Bloom'en prenatal vitamin chews.
5/1/2009 - 2:47AM
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If you can't tolerate the standard vitamin, or even the liquid, you may want to check out the chews. During our pregnancy, I faced the same issue, and ended up starting our Bloom'en Nutrition prenatal vitamin company as a result.
1/22/2009 - 2:38PM
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I take some kids vitimins from Trader Joe's- any chewable ones should work. Try different times of the day, maybe lunch time, or right before you go to bed, whenever your tummy feels the most tolerable! Ask your doc for liquid viminins if that doesn't work. Good luck!
9/30/2008 - 9:00AM
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I have a very hard time swallowing any pill! lol I have been taking my folic acid and some vitamin C chewable should I take a flinstone vitamin too???
5/1/2008 - 10:55PM
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I take Tandem DHA prenatal. It's a little hot pink capsule you aonly have to take once a day. I love it.
4/30/2008 - 5:22PM
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i took kids Flinstone vitamins (with folic acid) due to the fact that my stomache could not tolerate prenatals in AM nor PM. I am now about 21 weeks pregnant and CAN tolerate prenatal vitamins . . . i still try to take them in the PM just in case.:)


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