Pre-natals?

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Ok, so I need some reassurance. I have been feeling extra guilty about not taking my prenatals regularly. I took them for like a month before getting pregnant, all the way up through the end of my first trimester. Since then, I've had a tough time with them. I can't seem to swallow pills without gagging and the gummies started grossing me out after the horrible morning sickness. Basically I have taken them sporadically.

My question is: anyone else on the same boat? Or anyone else with past pregnancies have similar stories? So far, baby looks healthy and shows no obvious signs of physical difformity, but could there be mental issues?

The guilt is just killing me thinking I may have harmed my innocent baby.

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Women have bee having babies for much much much longer than prenatals have been around.

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I take mine daily regardless how yuck they are. I see it as surely i can sacrifice myself to swallow a tablet... compared to what others problems could occur should i not...

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I never took prenatals with my first and im 28 weeks now and havent taken anything and im not going to. My daughter is just fine and so is my baby thats not born yet.

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As long as youre eating a well balanced diet i think you & baby are fine. Dont overthink! Thats my biggest problem. Overthinking and worrying! 😁

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I didn't take prenatals regularly with my daughter (now 8) and she was born healthy and has hardly ever been sick. I don't know how much of an impact they really have. Don't stress.

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I mean I take a regular woman's multivitamin and do fine, sometimes I miss some days but I think that there are women all over the world that have no pre-natal care and deliver their babies in some field and they're alright. Take them when you can. I noticed taking them after I eat dinner helped to keep me from feeling sick. The iron was making me sick which is why I switched to a multivitamin, it still has the folic acid just not the iron and I haven't tested positive for anemia.

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Baby will most likely be fine. The prenatals are more for you being replenished because baby takes everything. I wasn't taking my prenatals and it caused my iron to drop dangerously low. Now I am on iron infusions because I didn't take my prenatals and my iron dropped because of it.

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The baby is always going to get what it needs from ur diet first anyways.... The prenatal is to replenish anything u need that the baby didn't leave leftover for u.... I've read they r more for our health than the babies .... I take mine religiously but I've never had an issue with pills gagging me or making me sick.... My sister would vomit everyday from here like 15 minutes after she took it so the doctor said not to worry because she was vomiting the nutrients back up anyways and we have the same ob .... I think if ur have a balanced diet ur fine 😉

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Try the gummy kind! I love them and get excited about eating them in the morning :-)

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The prenatals are there for you. Meaning baby will get the nutrients from you, but there's a chance you may be depleted of certain things after birth. You'll more than likely be fine though, and baby is getting what baby needs. The folic acid is mostly what they recommend anyway have you talked to your OB about it?

Pre-natals?

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