Can I take extra vitamin c?

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I feel like I'm coming up with a cold. Usually, pre-pregnant days I would do a vitamin c blast and take 3-4000mg of vitamin c a day. Can I still do that now?

I know this is so silly but I've heard your body suppresses your immune system when pregnant in order to avoid rejecting the "foreign body" which is your baby.. So would taking a lot of vitamin c bring me any extra risk?

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I was drinking emergen-c everyday a couple weeks ago when I had a cold. Doctors said it was fine!

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My dr said ok but I'm still wary of it

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I take an extra 500 everyday. I would not recommend more than 1,000mg. I doubled up when I was sick with my last pregnancy and lost the baby same week. Read a lot of information about it saying that extra c in large amounts cause miscarriages. I would stay away and just drink a ton of water.

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Id ask your dr.  I'm not positive but I've heard too much vitamin c is bad and I also heard that too much vitamin c lowers progesterone.  Def ask your dr

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Totally fine and recommended !!!! It helps to increase progesterone too which is important :)

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I'm curious about this too as it's my pre-cold regimen as well...

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I am not sure of the answer but will also like to know as I was doing the same thing. Anyone currently taking extra vitamins supplements?

Can I take extra vitamin c?

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