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dare
06-09-2006, 05:52 PM
Can you continue to take these while you're pregnant, or just before?
trigirl
06-09-2006, 06:01 PM
You take them before, during, and after.
LUVPINK222
06-09-2006, 07:42 PM
How long before?
colo1278
06-09-2006, 08:05 PM
my doc said at least three months before. You may not know you are pg right away (even a month or two) and you want that little one to be getting all the vitamins from the moment of conception. Folic acid fights neural tube defects, so you want it in your system right when the baby's neural tube is just beginning to form, then keep it in your system all throughout your pregnancy (a lot of moms puke all day and get malnourished if not on vitamins) and also through lactation time.
trigirl
06-09-2006, 08:36 PM
Originally posted by LUVPINK222@Jun 9 2006, 01:42 PM
How long before?
You should start as soon as you are thinking about / trying to have kids.
jrb1980
06-09-2006, 10:18 PM
Originally posted by trigirl@Jun 9 2006, 07:36 PM
You should start as soon as you are thinking about / trying to have kids.
Yep. 6 mths. prior is ideal.
Tina
06-09-2006, 10:39 PM
Originally posted by jrb1980@Jun 9 2006, 05:18 PM
Yep. 6 mths. prior is ideal.
six months prior?! That sounds like a long time to me! I thought I was ahead by taking them 3 months in advance.
colo1278
06-13-2006, 02:20 AM
Originally posted by Tina@Jun 9 2006, 09:39 PM
six months prior?! That sounds like a long time to me! I thought I was ahead by taking them 3 months in advance.
You are totally fine that you took them 3 mos before, not 6. The longer you take them, great, but the fact you are taking them at all is wonderful. So many women still don't take them or get any prenatal care in this day and age...
NCfitnessgirl
06-13-2006, 01:09 PM
Originally posted by Tina@Jun 9 2006, 05:39 PM
six months prior?! That sounds like a long time to me! I thought I was ahead by taking them 3 months in advance.
You should be taking a multi vit every day anyway right now, so taking a prenatal every day just means switching. My OB said that as long as I'm taking a multi every day now, I will be fine when I become pg.
paramedic
06-14-2006, 04:19 AM
I find taking them makes me nauseated. I continue to take them though. My girlfriend had the same problem. :blink:
colo1278
06-14-2006, 02:32 PM
Originally posted by paramedic@Jun 14 2006, 03:19 AM
I find taking them makes me nauseated. I continue to take them though. My girlfriend had the same problem. :blink:
did you try taking them at night? Right before I go to bed helped me.
Tina
06-14-2006, 02:38 PM
Originally posted by colo1278@Jun 14 2006, 09:32 AM
did you try taking them at night? Right before I go to bed helped me.
I do this as well.

Question...Can/Should you still be taking fish oils?
Tina
06-14-2006, 10:46 PM
fish oils? what do you think?
colo1278
06-15-2006, 12:47 AM
I don't take them, but I do eat a lot of fish... I may have to stop eating so much though when I am pg and switch to the pills, guess I will have to check with the doc.
jrb1980
06-15-2006, 07:58 PM
Originally posted by Tina@Jun 14 2006, 09:46 PM
fish oils? what do you think?
good idea. flax not so much