should i be taking prenatal vitamins while TTC?

Question

i've heard mixed things about it like you could be getting too much of certain vitamins and could get sick if you aren't pregnant but also heard that you should take them while TTC to get your body ready. i'm curious to know how other people feel about it

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You’re actually supposed to take them in the months leading up to conceiving. Folate takes time to build up in your system and taking enough will prevent certain birth defects. They will not make you sick. Any excess vitamins and minerals are excreted in your urine.

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Yes!  Definitely start now!  As soon as I got pregnant, I couldn’t take it any longer because it made me too ill.  So at least my body was in optimal health before morning sickness hit!

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I’ve been taking them since before we started trying. It’s been 8 months of actively trying and I’ve had no issues. 
Both my gp and my ob/gyn said to start taking it asap.

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The vitamins that you end up not needing or having too much of just come out in your pee. They’re safe to take while ttc! I had my baby 7 weeks ago and still take them lol

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Every sexually active female should be taking them even if shes not trying

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My ob said to take them while ttc. She said they are safe and healthy to take for any one pragnent or not and that most people have s shortage of one vitamin or another so its best to get everything balanced out before becoming pregnant. She also said it your low on some vitamins it can even make ttc take longer.

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I’ve been taking them for 7 years now, during ttc, throughout my last pregnancy, during breastfeeding and now this pregnancy:)

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It gets a nice build up before baby is in there. And if you have too much vitamin in you, you’ll pee it out. I took prenatal for two years before even trying to TTC for hair and nails. It’s basically just a good multivitamin.

should i be taking prenatal vitamins while TTC?

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