How long do you need to take vitamins?

[CLL94]

Hello
Ive been taking the pregnacare original vitamins and ive got a feeling that they are the cause of feeling so awful!
It says on the packet that you take them through the whole of the pregnancy but ive also read that the most important time is the first trimester.
Just wondered what everyone else is doing? Whether you have stopped or plan on stopping or taking them the whole way through?
Obviously if its going to help baby then i will continue to take them the whole way through.
Just looking for advice
Thanks in advance!
X

 

[Mayflower85]

I'm still taking them at 14 weeks, I think I just took them when I remembered with my daughter. Pregnacare used to make me nauseous, so I swapped to the Boots own brand pregnancy vitamin, and I take it at night just before bed and then I feel fine.

 

[Mariexo]

When I was TTC I was taking Seven Seas Trying For A Baby and as soon as I fell pg I converted to Seven Seas All Stages Pregnancy which I believe you take for the entire 9 months. All vitamins are different - some recommend for the whole pregnancy whereas others recommend to only take them for 12 weeks.

It's best to read up on them to see what they say. If yours say to take them for the whole pregnancy then that's what you should do. What you've said about first trimester is especially true - the first trimester is the most crucial and important time as that's when all of the baby's major organs and structure is forming.

If they're making you feel unwell, I'd suggest speaking with your GP and see if they think you should switch to a different one and which one they'd recommend.

Good luck! Xx

 

[Hoping for no2]

I had to stop taking pregnancy vitamins with my 2nd from around 7-20 weeks as they made my sickness much worse (I had HG). The doctor told me just to take folic acid until 12 weeks and vitamin d3 so I bought those and took them separately xx

 

[CLL94]

Thanks everyone ill do some research im hoping ill start to feel abit better into the 2nd trimester but we will see!
Got my scan on tuesday so fingers crossed all goes well
Xx

 

[Belfa]

Hi stopped using pregnacare when I was trying to conceive my first baby as, after some comments on here, I realised it was making me feel unwell. As mariexo says, I switched to seven seas and then used them throughout my first pregnancy and am using them again now. I don't know if you're supposed to but use them all the way through but I do think the fact you're using pregnacare may have something to do with it x