My ob/gyn put me on prenatals to start taking to help prepare my body for pregnancy. My question is, why do I not have to take double prenatals like I did with the regular multi-Vitamin? Once I thought about this, I called the office back and the nurse said the prenatals have more in them.............What has your experience been?

Well I was taking some prenatal gummies that Target sells, I cant remember the name , but their target brand and had no problem , and I was advised to take baby asprin to prevent any blood clotting . I was also taking progesterone to support my pregnancy and an increased dosage of folic acid .

Can tell me more about the progesterone and how it helped your pregnancy......It's been almost 16 years since I was pregnant lol!

I am on progesterone also. What it is, is a hormone your body makes naturally when your pregnant before 12 weeks I believe it helps sustain the pregnancy. I for example had a progesterone level of 11.5 when i found out i was pregnant which is on the lower normal end. I was put on progesterone. I did some research and anything less than 10 during pregnancy can cause a miscarriage.

The reason you don't want to take double prenatal vitamins is that if you do become pregnant too much vitamin A or D can be harmful to baby... when I found out I was pregnant the first thing my docs did was cut me down to one prenatal and nothing else (except calcium) a day... I am almost 17 weeks now and have blood work frequently and my body is absorbing the nutrients very well...

When i saw my nut last Monday she told me that prenatals are not enough and recommended i stay on the fusion at 4 a day and add Calcium, folate, D3 and Iron. I really hate this conflicting recommendations everyone seems to give. Ugh so confusing!

Yeah my NUT, head nurse of my program and OB were concerned that the vit a and D would be too high and can cause birth defects. Ask your OB they are going to know better than your nut if your nut only focuses on bariatric.

The reason you don't want to take double prenatal vitamins is that if you do become pregnant too much vitamin A or D can be harmful to baby... when I found out I was pregnant the first thing my docs did was cut me down to one prenatal and nothing else (except calcium) a day... I am almost 17 weeks now and have blood work frequently and my body is absorbing the nutrients very well...

Thank you for the info!!