Is it true...

[DSYBAHENA]

Is it true that as long as you have a healthy diet there is no need of prenatel vitamins? Also someone told me that if you don't take them they have no defect on your baby?

[Wendy80]

My OB made it very clear that taking some sort of prenatal vitamin was very vital to the babies development.  It's not to say that if you don't take it your baby will be born with a defect or with some other problem, but it is usually strongly recommended b/c as a previous poster said, you and the baby really need the extra folic acid and iron (most prenatals also have calcium and other beneficial vits).  And if you can't stomach those, you can certainly take a couple Flintstone vitamins with an iron supplement on the side (daily).  

If you're having a hard time swallowing or keeping down the prenatal vits, I recommend "Select-OB"... you do need a prescription for it, but they are chewable and they taste like blueberries/blackberries (quite yummy).  I've never had any problems with these and I have a very sensitive stomach.  Best of luck.

[JoyRenee]

Prenatal vitamins are important so that organs and body parts can develop normally. As long as you get a few in a week, you should be fine! Try Flintstone vitamins if you can't keep down regular prenatals. But make sure they contain iron and folic acid!!!

[beautifullychaotic]

There could always be surprises when the baby is born. They cant detect everything. I would take some sort of multivitamin.  This would be your way of taking care of it in the beginning. The folic acid is very important. Better late than never right?

[DSYBAHENA]

I went to my ob when I was 20 weeks and I had an ultrasound the baby was very healthy. So that means there is nothing wrong right? Or would I get a surprise when he is born?

[chantal21]

You should be taking some sort of vitamin. I could barely get my prenatal down for the first 5 months, so I switched to Flintstones. Now, they make me gag and I can't even think about going back to my prenatal, for one they make me really sick and I have a very hard time swallowing pills. My midwife told me to just try to take the flintstones when I feel I can. So far everything has been just fine. I just try to eat a really good diet to make up for it.

[beautifullychaotic]

I would say that it is VERY important to take them.  Your baby takes in EVERYTHING you take in. So if you are only getting all the milk that one adult needs to take just for themselves a day that means that the baby is going to take most of that....and that can lead to frail teeth and bones for you.  I have seen some nasty teeth that moms have gotten because their baby took allll of their calcium supplement.  And thats just an example. My opinion would be to take at least some kind of multivitamin during pregnancy.  When I even took them for my first pregnancy my son was taking all of my iron so that lead me to be anemic and I then had to take an iron pill. But I have a friend that never took hers..and her baby is fine although he had really bad (and still does) birthmarks on the whole side of his one side. I cant remember if its left or right. I dont know if you can blame that on the vitamins..but its scary enough for me to never forget to take them!  

Are you taking them and having a hard time? You can cut them up.  I had a hard time taking them during the day because they would make me burn throughout the day and with my morning sickness it wasnt doing me any better so I took them at night. It helped sooo much better.

[kcs08]

Yes, you need your prenatal vitamins for the folic acid for the baby and iron for you.  Pregnant women tend to get anemic...