Re: Question about Prenatals? SO Confused

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

I'm soooo confused. It's sounding like most everyone here only takes

Prenatals and no other vitamins? I'm feeling very nervous b/c

regularly take a vitamin supplement (from a nutritionist since GP in

1997) and my OB/GYN has advised me NOT to go off those vitamins and

NOT to take prenatals b/c it'd be an OverDose of Vitamin B12. So

scared...what if that's not the right advice?

> >

> >

> > Before getting pregnant, I took a Flinstone's chewable everyday;

> now

> > my OB has me on a regular (you know swallow the horse pill!)

> prenatal

> > vitamin. Is everyone else doing this as well? Or is everyone

> taking

> > a chewable prenatal vitamin? PLEASE! Let me know. If I need to

> be

> > on a chewable Prenatal Vitamin instead I want to switch ASAP.

I'm

> > only 6 months post-op and 6 weeks pregnant.

> > Thanks so much,

> > Trish

[Guest guest]

to double up on vitamins and prenates, what my dr said is that it would be an

overdose of vitamin A and that can cause birth defects. i take 2 flintstone

vitamins, plus i take chewable calcium, vitamin C and folic acid and Vitamin B.

good luck.

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Re: Question about Prenatals? SO Confused

Hi there,

I'm soooo confused. It's sounding like most everyone here only takes

Prenatals and no other vitamins? I'm feeling very nervous b/c

regularly take a vitamin supplement (from a nutritionist since GP in

1997) and my OB/GYN has advised me NOT to go off those vitamins and

NOT to take prenatals b/c it'd be an OverDose of Vitamin B12. So

scared...what if that's not the right advice?

> >

> >

> > Before getting pregnant, I took a Flinstone's chewable everyday;

> now

> > my OB has me on a regular (you know swallow the horse pill!)

> prenatal

> > vitamin. Is everyone else doing this as well? Or is everyone

> taking

> > a chewable prenatal vitamin? PLEASE! Let me know. If I need to

> be

> > on a chewable Prenatal Vitamin instead I want to switch ASAP.

I'm

> > only 6 months post-op and 6 weeks pregnant.

> > Thanks so much,

> > Trish

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

[Guest guest]

you can't really get an overdose of B12 as my OB told me it was water

soluable and any excess is just pee'd out. It seems that MOST women in

here take a prenatal AND the reg GBP vitamins. My not doing that

caused me MANY problems post delivery.

The fat soluable vitamins are ADE and K. Vit A is especialy harmful to

the developing fetus.

The water soulable vits are just peed out without problems according

to my OB.

Sheila

I even took extra folic acid 1,200mcg because who REALLY knows how

much is absorbed and how much is malabsorbed. Excess is peed out.

Too much Vit A is bad for you and you should take your iron

supplements with orange juice to enhance it's absorption.

(per my surgeon)

Sheila RN

[Guest guest]

,

Sorry so long in replying. I had some severe nausea and anything

near the end of the pg wasn't tolerated well. (esp plain water).

After delivery -c-section- I lost alot of blood. My hgb was 7,2 the

morning after delivery and steadily dropped to 6 (half my normal blood

volume). I tried to take my vits but they came back up the last 2 mos

of pg.

Throughout the pg, ALL of my teeth decalcified, I've had 6

abscessed teeth, 3 pulled plus 2 root canals and am in need of about

12 more fillings. I also have severe bone pain and they thought I may

have leukemia, and they were considering a hysterectomy, a bone marrow

biopsy and colonoscopy to see if I have been losing blood or if I

hadn't been producing enough red blood cells.

After 7 different MD's, *I* found on the internet that Elavil can

cause bone marrow suppression in rare cases (raises hand). The aches

and pain they attributed to *fibromyalgia* (the diagnosis when they

can't find a real diagnosis).

I have had 23 IV iron infusions so far, my hgb is back up to 12.3

and I may or may not take any more. You can't take oral iron and IV

iron at the same time, so I am trying to decide what to do next.

I have a close friend who developed " nutritional neuropathy " after

the GBP and was in a wheelcfhair and couldn't walk for nearly 2 years.

She had to learn to walk all over again.

So, from these 2 rare (I suppose) cases, it is EXTREMELY important

and vital to get in your vitamins, but you must research, because some

of the fat soluable vits can be stored in your fatty tissue and cause

severe complications (vit A is a good example).

Hope this helps. In hindsight, I would see a nutritionist twice a

month for blood work etc. I know this seems excessive, but I wish I

had done so.

Sheila L & D RN

[Guest guest]

My doctor told me that if you take too many vitamins the body gets rid of the

extras through the urine. So, take it light, be pregnant ad enjoy.

have a good one girls

Anita

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> Date: 2004/11/12 Fri PM 03:46:37 EST

> To: OSSG-pregnant

> Subject: Re: Question about Prenatals? SO Confused

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[Guest guest]

That is not true for every vitamin --- some are water soluble and some are fat

soluble. Some can build up to toxic levels (Iron for one).

Ferguson Rasley

mailto:dferguson@...

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