I just wanted to know if any of you had or currently taking any special vitamins before you concived. I know I should be asking my Dr but just wanted to hear what everyone else was doing for themselves. Im 36 years old and we are going to try for one more child before I get in the higher risk stages. I am still at 285lbs down 95 since surgery ,My band is really tight and have to push it to get in over 1000 calories. Im a little scared that if I concieved right now I could have some nutritional issues. I worry about spina bifida and other birth defects caused by nutritional deficiancies. Any suggestions or Ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I took prenatal vitamins and kept my calories in my typical range until I conceived (for me, 1200-1300 cals a day.) Your body gets everything you eat, and if you eat really well, you can get most of what you need in 1200 calories a day. With a prenatal vitamin to help, you should be fine, but obviously consult with your doc! They can run a blood panel and see if you're deficient in anything before you start.

I plan on setting a appointment with my primary care Dr this month to check blood levels . I had it done in nov. But im very restricted right now and have lost 95lbs since then. Also havn't had depo since Nov. but last time I stopped it took 1 year to concieve I figure I have about 6 mo. to make sure my body is ready.

When I was going through my infertility treatments (which btw didn't work) I was on a daily pre-natal Vitamin and 1000 mg of folic acid, OTC. This is very typical. You can easily add this to your daily routine, although if you are already taking a multi-vitamin, you may need to only add the extra folic acid. The folic acids tablets are tiny (think the size of a pencil eraser) and very thin. You should not have any problems taking those.

Once you become pregnant, your OB will tell you if you should make any adjustments to your vitamin needs, such as adding additional Iron.

Good luck and I wish you success!

I had miscarriages 3 of them and when my OB told me I need to be on 4000gms of folic due to my age I was 39 now 40 and 6 months pregnant. Plus I took a prenatal vitamin as well from walmart they worked wonders!!! GOOD LUCK!