Vitamin A

[Emma22]

am i right in thinking vitamin A isnt any good for you during pg?

ive been drinking tropicana multivitamins and looked on the back last night and noticed its got vitamin a in it. are we allowed any or totally forbidden?

thanks x

 

[Charm]

I don't think it's totally forbidden as some foods etc may contain it. But I think you should avoid it if possible.

Cx

Use of vitamin A in pregnancy

A note on the use of vitamin A during pregnancy. The Department of Health recommends that pregnant women or those seeking to get pregnant should not take more than 2,664iu (800ug) of vitamin A daily. However, this does not apply to vitamin A found in beta carotene

 

[Emma22]

thanks charm, ill throw the rest away then i think x

 

[cloud9]

If you want to take vits take one specailly designed for pregnancy.

 

[Charm]

I take Pregnacare, they're really good.

But you can get Tesco's own or other brands that are Pregnancy related, that way you only get the vitamins that you need.

Cx

 

[Emma22]

oh yeah am taking pregacare already, just coz i noticed on the pack that the juice had quite alot of vit a in it and it got me wondering... it was really nice too