Prenatal Gummies???

Question

soo im 29 weeks today and i realized that my prenatal gummies dont have iron?! This whole time i have not taken any thing for iron...i went to go get my glucose test done and they told me my test was great and that they didnt see anything wrong and that i had passed the test. so i dont understand, i dont want anything to go wrong...i feel so bad i thought i was giving baby all she needed😞 is it too late to take an iron supplement? the doctor did not say i was anemic or anything?

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Actually taking prenatals are for your nutrition not the baby, so your baby has been getting everything they needed so don't worry! But what happens is babies are basically like a parasite lol, your baby will rob nutrients from your body to get everything it needs so you end up being low on iron, calcium, water, etc...so you are the one who needs replenishing. And if you eat a healthy well balanced diet a lot of the nutritional bases are covered, vitamins are substitutes to help give you what you may be lacking in your diet and aren't meant to replace food based nutrients. So just switch to a better quailty vitamin (Rainbow light one a day) and ditch the gummies because they aren't good quality anyway. 😬

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You can always start taking iron supplements just make sure you take the normal amount! It just helps with blood supply, it's an extra supplement a lot of over the counter prenatals don't put in. Not necessary but if you've ever been anemic or have a history of woman in your family becoming anemic during pregnancy iron can help make sure you have enough extra blood

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You and baby are just fine. You can get iron from foods too.

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Iron has nothing to do with your glucose test. Switch to prenatals with iron, or take an iron supplement like Floradix since it doesn't cause constipation like most iron pills do.

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Unless you become anemic you don't have to really worry about the iron. Most people get enough through their diet.

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My OB informed me that they didn't have iron but said that they test your levels everytime they take blood and would let me know if there came a point when I needed to start taking it.

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Just switch your prenatal vitamins....I'm sure there's a gummy that has iron....ask your doctor for recommendations or a prescription for a gummy

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They don't put iron in the gummies in case kiddos get their hands on them. It's too easy for them to overdose on iron. I take a gummy prenatal (Smarty Pants) and take an iron supplement separate. Like another poster said baby is like a little parasite stealing whatever he/she needs from you🙂

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