Prenatal vs. Children's Multi

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Hi there,

Here's what my OB said. Basically prenatals are multi

vitamins with extra folic acid and iron. Since I was

already supplementing iron because of WLS and folic

acid from before I conceived, she said I didn't need

to change my vitamin regimin at all because I was

pregnant.

She did warn me about the vitamin A issue. She said

try not to get more than 5000mg (or micrograms or

whatever) a day. The children's vitamin I was taking

(some generic store brand) had 5000 in it and the

protein bar I ate had another 2500. That made me a

little nervous so I found that Flinestone's Complete

had only 2500 in it of A with the same amount of

everything else, so I dished out the extra $$ for

that.

Any way, I'm sure just like WLS surgery, there are as

many opinions as there are doctors out there.

Good luck!

Bonnie

EDD 10/17/04

WLS 2/25/02

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Bonnie