vitimans should my wife take?

[jamesruss1]

Question my wife is at 11 weeks and she got Prenatal and Folic Acid so what else should she take? If chewable what kind?

[JayBee26]

Well, at first my wife was using the nature made prenatal but the iron in it was making the nausea almost intolerable, so we switched to a gummy prenatal and that one seems to help a bit with it

[kfrasher]

Check the source of vitamin A on the label!_ if its beta-carotene then its fine!!! It's water soluable which will flush out any excess..if its retinol-A this type is fat soluable and will not flush out of the system..it can build up....fyi- I was a vitamin store manager for 10th yrs...

[Rachel_croft]

If those are the gummie ones I would recommend taking something else that has iron and omega 3s. Also it has a lot. Of vitamin a which causes birth defects in high doses

[la_reina87]

She can take her prenatal and still eat as much fruit as she wants :)

[jamesruss1]

well my wife takes Pre-natial Vit and eats alot of fruits.....

[la_reina87]

Pregnant women, 19 and older: about 770 micrograms RAE of vitamin A (approximately 2,565 IU) per day Pregnant, 18 and younger: 750 mg (2,500 IU)

Breastfeeding women, 19 and older: 1,300 mcg RAE (4,330 IU) Breastfeeding, 18 and younger: 1,200 mcg RAE (4,000 IU)

You don't have to get the recommended amount of vitamin A every day. Instead, aim for that amount as an average over the course of a few days or a week.

Can you get too much vitamin A?

The average American diet provides plenty of vitamin A. It's available in meat, dairy, fish, eggs, and fortified cereals in the form of preformed vitamin A, or retinol. It's also in most fruits and vegetables, mostly in the form of carotenoids.

It's important during pregnancy not to get too much of the preformed vitamin A, which in high doses can cause birth defects and liver toxicity. (You can take in as many carotenoids as you want, however, from fruits and vegetables.)

The government considers 3,000 mcg RAE (10,000 IU) to be the maximum amount of preformed vitamin A that you should get from supplements, animal sources, and fortified foods –combined – each day. The upper limit for women younger than age 19 is 2,900 mcg RAE (9,240 IU).

[jamesruss1]

Vitamin A??? its for growth,vision,healthy skin and bones....why not take this??

[Alice18]

Im also 11 weeks and i tale folio acid as well as calcium iron vitamins d and k. Midwife said to male sure the ones im taking don't include vitamin A but I don't know why. Hope this helps x

[CMarie81]

Hi, i take centrum pregnancy care multi vitamins and they come with an omega 3 capsule to take with it every day, its supposed to be really good for the babies brain development, hope this helps x

[Jwilliams229]

might want to check whats in the prenatal i was taking chewable ones and found out that it didnt have calcum in it.  So you might want to compair different brands and make sure it is a complete prenatal.