pregnancy supplements - touch of paranoia!

[soffphie]

hi guys, i was taking the asda pregnancy/conception multivitamin thru my last unsuccessful pregnancy and decided regardless i would carry on taking it as it was overal better - selenium etc good for overies bla bla..

however,

i have a serious issue with them at the moment. i went to get a new packet yesterday and they didnt have any with omega 3 (dha,epa in it). i have literally been reading up on supplements bad for pregnancy and realised that Vitamin E is actually potentially dangerous? now asdas have 100% vitamin e and thats without the omega 3 part.. basically, can anyone suggest any pregnancy multivitamins that got them thru the pregnancy safely? i would like to take omega 3 but i dont want to over do it? are there any that dont contain vitamin e or is this never going to happen?

regardless of what happens with this one i intend to keep up a generalised pregnancy multivitamin thru conception as well.

any advice on a supplement and/or omega 3 issue would be great! ideally the supplement will have calcium. i have seen a boots one that doesnt contain any vitamin e but does contain ginger root, which makes me uncomfy.

too add i keep seeing omega 3 with tocopherols. are these in essence vit e & unsafe?

 

[Rainbow1234]

I take pregnacare plus which comes with a separate omega3 in the box. Not the cheapest but I like it x

 

[Rainbow1234]

Also has dha/epa in the omega 3 and only 4mcg of vitamin E, I believe the issue comes in with high doses x

 

[night owl]

It’s vitamin A that’s potentially dangerous in pregnancy, no pregnancy vitamin has it in, if a product is being sold as a pregnancy vitamin then you can be assured it’s safe, especially in the UK, a retailer like Asda wouldn’t be adding something into pregnancy vitamins which shouldn’t be there, I took them all through my pregnancy x

 

[chattychar1990]

Surely they wouldn’t put something into a pregnancy supplement if it is dangerous?
How about looking into the seven sea pregnancy one? That’s what I take, the conception one along with a separate omega 3 x

 

[soffphie]

sorry guys just very paranoid your all probably right. its only cause i googled it and this come up at top:
There has been some concern that taking vitamin E supplements might be harmful to the fetus when taken in early pregnancy. However, it is too soon to know if this is an important concern.
and this....
The recommended dose of Vitamin E in human pregnancy is 22-30 mg/day. High doses of Vitamin E (>or=400 IU/day) have been shown to attenuate or even prevent the damaging effect of ethanol and diabetes on the fetus in experimental animal models. The Motherisk program prospectively enrolled, and followed-up on, 82 pregnant women exposed to high doses (>or=400 IU/day) of Vitamin E during the first trimester of pregnancy
i can guess then as long as its not a very high dose it is ok?

 

[soffphie]

Hi got one last Question. i am considering the pregnacare max and i noticed it has Inositol in it? is this the same as myo inositol?

 

[soffphie]

@Rainbow1234 hi i was going to do pregnacare max then noticed some very very high doses of b1 and b6 455% rda and 700%! isnt this extreme? why does it need to be so high? my other one i was taking has barely 100%.?

 

[chattychar1990]

Try not to panic hun.
No brand is going to make a pregnancy supplement that is going to cause danger to your unborn child. x

 

[soffphie]

Try not to panic hun.
No brand is going to make a pregnancy supplement that is going to cause danger to your unborn child. x

dont suppose you know much about the whole very high b1, b6 doses that are in pregnacare max and why they would be so high? 455, 700% rda. asda one only 100%. i am keen to drop vitamin e but i am worried about the extreme'ness on these numbers.?

 

[Jac2019]

Congratulations on your bfp. Vitamin e is okay recommended is between 10-15mg and asdas has 12 I think? I was on that the first pregnancy and midwife said they were fine to me. Hope a happy and healthy 9 months for you xx

 

[Rainbow1234]

@Rainbow1234 hi i was going to do pregnacare max then noticed some very very high doses of b1 and b6 455% rda and 700%! isnt this extreme? why does it need to be so high? my other one i was taking has barely 100%.?

I don’t know, I wouldn’t read into it too much. I agree with Charlotte, they’ve done research to find the optimum amount of each supplement for pregnant women. They wouldn’t put it in if it was harmful x

 

[Abi88]

Most vitamins are water soluble so if you have too much you just pee it out. I don't know for those vitamins specifically but that would be my guess.

 

[soffphie]

Most vitamins are water soluble so if you have too much you just pee it out. I don't know for those vitamins specifically but that would be my guess.

Your very right i spoke 2 babymed & they said B vitamins in excess get wee'd out its vitamin e that wont be as its fat soluable.