questions on prenatals PLUS multivitamins......

[Guest guest]

Terri,

I have been told by my OB doc that I only need to be taking my prenatal

vitamin. You can take too many vitamins and run your body down along with

pregnancy. I am 15 weeks pregnant and I too am still tired. I get cramps when I

do

a little too much too, so I try to take it easy when I can...I have a 2 and a

half year old. When he naps...I nap! I go to bed at 10 or 11 everynight(hubby

works night and I make sure he gets in ok) and sleep until 7 or 8, sometimes 9

if I am lucky and I still feel soooo tired. This pregnancy is so different

from when I had my son. Still talk to your OB doc and see what they have to say

as well. I hope you gain energy soon along with myself. ;-)

D.

Texas

Gastric Bypass 4-18-03

Pregnant with 2nd child (15 weeks)

[Guest guest]

Hi ya'll...

Terri in Texas here......OK.....I am now approaching my 15th week of

pregnancy and I am still soooo exhausted. What I need to know is

this......are ya'll taking prenatal vitamins PLUS a multivitamin ??

Currently, I take Calcium Citrate, a prenatal vitamin, and a

prescription iron supplement (325 mg of ferrous sulfate). I do not

take the iron every day though cuz it causes nausea......but I am

sooooooo tired all the time. I am sleeping 12+ hours a night plus

taking naps on weekends. That seems excessive. Of course I am

approaching 40, I work full time and am enrolled part time in college

and finishing up my final 3 classes......PLUS I have a teenage son

who plays sports...so yes I am busy but so is everyone else.....why

am I so tired? I am wondering if I should be taking my a Centrum PLUS

a prenatal? I will definitely ask my OB's office...but I wanted some

input from some fellow gastric bypass preggie friends

here.......after all, ya'll know better than most what we need.

So......tell me tell me........

zzzzz'ssss

Terri in Texas

EDD: 3-1-05

[Guest guest]

Hi Terri,

I just take my prenatal - 1X a day and that's it. I'm just as tired,

although it seems to be getting better. I'm in week 13, work two jobs and

have a 10 year old to keep up with, but I agree, busy is just busy. I think

our bodies are just working overtime.

I also have been lucky to not have any blood problems since surgery. I seem

to get what I need from prenatals and food.

Let us know what you find out from the Dr. though. I'd be curious to know.

If there is something I can add to my regimen that will be safe and help

with this tiredness, I'd love to know about it.

~Sandy

RNY Dr.Caruana - 5/21/03

330/198

Expecting #1 - 3/17/05

-- questions on prenatals PLUS multivitamins......

Hi ya'll...

Terri in Texas here......OK.....I am now approaching my 15th week of

pregnancy and I am still soooo exhausted. What I need to know is

this......are ya'll taking prenatal vitamins PLUS a multivitamin ??

Currently, I take Calcium Citrate, a prenatal vitamin, and a

prescription iron supplement (325 mg of ferrous sulfate). I do not

take the iron every day though cuz it causes nausea......but I am

sooooooo tired all the time. I am sleeping 12+ hours a night plus

taking naps on weekends. That seems excessive. Of course I am

approaching 40, I work full time and am enrolled part time in college

and finishing up my final 3 classes......PLUS I have a teenage son

who plays sports...so yes I am busy but so is everyone else.....why

am I so tired? I am wondering if I should be taking my a Centrum PLUS

a prenatal? I will definitely ask my OB's office...but I wanted some

input from some fellow gastric bypass preggie friends

here.......after all, ya'll know better than most what we need.

So......tell me tell me........

zzzzz'ssss

Terri in Texas

EDD: 3-1-05

Children are a blessing, and a gift from the Lord. -Psalm 127:3

[Guest guest]

hi terri and trust me, with my first son i was the same way. i swear i was only

awake 4 hours a day! LOL...first of all to boost energy, try adding b-12

supplement or the B vitamins in general. 2nd, maybe you're body is jsut needing

hte sleep and that's okay too. you can take too much vitamin Z and that causes

birth defects, so my dr just has me taking 2 flintstone vitamins. try taking

the b12 vitamin and see if that helps for a week or so? good luck!

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questions on prenatals PLUS multivitamins......

Hi ya'll...

Terri in Texas here......OK.....I am now approaching my 15th week of

pregnancy and I am still soooo exhausted. What I need to know is

this......are ya'll taking prenatal vitamins PLUS a multivitamin ??

Currently, I take Calcium Citrate, a prenatal vitamin, and a

prescription iron supplement (325 mg of ferrous sulfate). I do not

take the iron every day though cuz it causes nausea......but I am

sooooooo tired all the time. I am sleeping 12+ hours a night plus

taking naps on weekends. That seems excessive. Of course I am

approaching 40, I work full time and am enrolled part time in college

and finishing up my final 3 classes......PLUS I have a teenage son

who plays sports...so yes I am busy but so is everyone else.....why

am I so tired? I am wondering if I should be taking my a Centrum PLUS

a prenatal? I will definitely ask my OB's office...but I wanted some

input from some fellow gastric bypass preggie friends

here.......after all, ya'll know better than most what we need.

So......tell me tell me........

zzzzz'ssss

Terri in Texas

EDD: 3-1-05

Children are a blessing, and a gift from the Lord. -Psalm 127:3

[Guest guest]

Hi Terri,

DEFINITELY cover this with both your OB and your surgeon. Each one is

expert in their zone but may assume the other knows enough about the

combined needs and I found this isn't necessarily the case. recents

labs came back with my iron a tiny bt too high so the surgeon said I

should switch t just prenatals instead of the vitamin regimane I was

one (1 multivitamin without iron, trinsicon iron/B12 every other day;

1 mg folic acid, and 1500 mg calcium daily) so the OB chose Cal-nate

for me, one of the few prenatals that uses calcium citrate. they

didn't have the breakdown for me of what is in it so I looked it up

myself and immediately went back onto my previous regimen.

Cal-nate only has 125 mg of calcium citrate, a HUGE difference from

the 1500 recommended for pregnant post-ops. It also had only 27 mg

iron instead of the 40-65 we should be getting according to my

surgeon. I went back to my previous regimen tunil i could talk to the

OB in person instead of the assistant over the phone to decide what to

do and i see her next monday. If I do decide to switch to calnate you

can bet I'd still add calcium to it. My surgeon made the comment (on

my answering machine) that it would be okay to short myself on calcium

for the few remaining months of my pregnancy but he didn't take into

account that I'd be breastfeeding 6 months after then trying to get

pregnant again right away to have a second child before I turn 40. so

there wouldn't be anythign short term about his theory.

So just stay on top of both caregivers until you get the asnwers you

need. we have to look out for ourselves and the babies inside us.

Colleen

Open RNY 5-9-03

361/220/160

20 weeks pregnant: due 1-23-05

[Guest guest]

terri, my ob had me take both..

God Bless, Robin

Wife to Pup for 15 years

Mommy to-

and

(twin boys, 8 years) and

Daughter Madison- age 5 1/2

and new Mommy to-

Emerson Roger born

July 28, 2004 at 4:11 am

8lbs 7 oz, 20 1/2 inches long.