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[prgirl_cesca]

Right so I did a little experiment this morning because I've been noticing my sickness seems to be worse when I take my pregnacare vitamin and i've been taking it at night for the last 5 days (because I was concerned I was puking it up in the day) and haven't been sick at work.

So I took my vitamin with my breakfast and low and behold by 9:30am I was in the loos at work!

So now I'll have to take the vitamin in the evening I guess straight before I go to bed. I've been taking it at 7pm with dinner and feeling really rough when I should be enjoying my time with hubby so I figure just before bed is a good shout.

Now I worry though all my sickness I thought was good hormones was all camouflage!!!!

 

[roonsma]

GOOD LUCK for all the scans and MW appt's today! xx

Big hugs to MissMaternal

PRgirl, i agree those vitamins make me super pukey too(and strange yellow pee?)

Had my MW appt this morn, all really good BP still low(hoping it stays down) and a beautiful HB!! Back in 2 weeks to check BP again

Hi to all xx

 

[Charliemarina]

pr_girl ur right no need to experiment,as u know i suffer from SERIOUS sickness enough to put me in hosp a few weeks back for rehydration, now i told the MW i took pregnacare and she told me to stop taking them as they DO irritate the stomach only to take folic acid alone which will actually help the sickness not irritate alot apparently alot of the sickness is due to low folic acid levels, iv found this to be true and i not taking my pregnacare till 12 weeks u dont actually need them till placenta takes over anyways as its only then that u are giving baby everything from u, b4 12 weeks baby uses yolk sac to feed on , hope this helps hunny

AFM.... im 9 weeks today, back is aching and oh my has my little belly just popped out over night its soooo cute lol
this is my third baby so come 9 - 10 weeks it normally does start to show lol xxxx

hope all scans go well update us girls on them please xxxxx


EDIT: just realised my ticker has moved up a piccy we now have a fetus omg yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay xxxx

 

[Tulip]

Big kisses to Sarah and her darling Freya today

 

[prgirl_cesca]

See I was told by my midwife (I didn't talk to her about sickness because I didn't realise the pregnacare was the trigger) that I from 12 weeks I didn't have to take any pregnancy vitamins at all!!

 

[Firedancer41]

See I was told by my midwife (I didn't talk to her about sickness because I didn't realise the pregnacare was the trigger) that I from 12 weeks I didn't have to take any pregnancy vitamins at all!!

Ooh, honey, I don't think that's very wise advice.
Esp. for folic acid, which is a B vitamin; pregnant women need significantly higher doses and folic acid prevents neural tube defects, as well as vitamin D, calcium, iron...If they are making you ill, can you see if there's a different brand you can try that you may tolerate better?
Whole food-based supplements are preferable over synthetic-they are tolerated better and the body better absorbs the nutrients. Synthetics are often derived from petroleum by-products (ick!) And stay away from the gummy variety...

 

[tinybutterfly]

^^ it's odd really...
my fertility specialist hasn't mentionned taking vitamines or folic acid etc once.
he doesn't prescribe it, only if your bloodwork shows the levels are low
but we can take them if it makes us feel better, but we don't have to

and that coming from the man who has one of the highest succes rates in europe
in making babies, it completely confuzzled me haha.

so yeah, i take the vitamines/folic acid i have but only on days where i know i didn't get enough of it in me,
because they make my sickness worse (and already having all-day-sickness, that's no fun)

 

[jenny25]

hi girls just to let you know i am still here just really not well the now im on antibiotics for a uti and a raised white blood cells no clue what that is and i have a cold sore throat and chest feels heavy and all scratchy think aarron has passed on what he had so maybe this is why i have been feeling moany

aarron has to get his tonsils out girls the ent doc said its a must which is cool he said aarron should be fine to back to school on monday in the mean time i have that meeting tomorrow with the school @ 3.30 so if anyone can give me any tips or advice please feel free too

how is everyone today? xxxx

 

[prgirl_cesca]

If they are making you ill, can you see if there's a different brand you can try that you may tolerate better?

I'm just going to take the pregnacare at night right before I go to bed, hopefully that'll do the trick And then after 12 weeks I'm going to go on a standard multivitamin, I think the pregnancy specific ones (minus the folic acid which you don't need after 12 weeks) are a bit of a money con to be honest!

My midwife must be rubbish then, telling me I don't need vitamins from 2nd trimester onwards, and she also told me my downs screening bloods & scan can be done from 11 weeks but hospital told me its from 12 weeks only!!!!

I got my scan letter through and it's not for AGES, when I'm 13 weeks!! So I rang up the hospital and said I have two weeks off work from 11-12 weeks and I need it during then, so I have it booked bang on 12 weeks to the day on 14th October.

I'm worried they'll put me behind (although they didn't on my early scan and I got my peak on the CBFM at CD15 so pretty regular) but she said on the phone if I turn out to be 11+5 or something then they'll just rescan me. Which is good!!

 

[prgirl_cesca]

FFS, just been online and turns out you CAN have the nuchal screening from 11 weeks.

WHY DO THEY ALL TELL YOU DIFFERENT THINGS!!!! I'M 26 YEARS OLD AND HAVE A DEGREE AND NEVER BEEN SO CONFUSED IN MY LIFE!!!!!!

 

[debgreasby]

Sarah

All boringly normal at my MW appointment, although did get a prescription for Peptac so i can indulge my craving for orange juice and combat the inevitable heartburn!
My downs risk is 1:410 so all is good.

Next appointment 14th October

 

[MEJOY]

Luckily my prenatal vitamins don't make me sick, but my doctor said a lot of patients can't find one that doesn't make them sick so she has them take 2 Flinestone vitamins a day

Hope everyone is doing well today I am not, I feel like total crap, but that's a good thing right

 

[vickyd]

Cesca i had the NT scan at 11w3d so you definately can have it before 12 weeks.

My doc only recommends folic acid and if after blood tests you need it, some iron.

 

[tinybutterfly]

WHY DO THEY ALL TELL YOU DIFFERENT THINGS!!!! I'M 26 YEARS OLD AND HAVE A DEGREE AND NEVER BEEN SO CONFUSED IN MY LIFE!!!!!!

lol i feel similar

if in doubt though i use my SIL/friends account to acces the uni database and search for scientific articles

 

[sequeena]

How long do you keep taking the folic acid? I'm still taking mine... do I stop at a certain point or just keep taking it until baby comes?

 

[Tulip]

How long do you keep taking the folic acid? I'm still taking mine... do I stop at a certain point or just keep taking it until baby comes?

Take it until you start 2nd tri but if it doesn't give you ill-effects you can take it the whole way through (it does other things than build the neural tube) x

 

[Firedancer41]

How long do you keep taking the folic acid? I'm still taking mine... do I stop at a certain point or just keep taking it until baby comes?

Do you take a separate folic acid supp? I take a B Complex which gives me an additional 400IU to what is in my multi. I don't take prenatals.

 

[sequeena]

How long do you keep taking the folic acid? I'm still taking mine... do I stop at a certain point or just keep taking it until baby comes?

Take it until you start 2nd tri but if it doesn't give you ill-effects you can take it the whole way through (it does other things than build the neural tube) x

Thanks hun xxx

How long do you keep taking the folic acid? I'm still taking mine... do I stop at a certain point or just keep taking it until baby comes?

Do you take a separate folic acid supp? I take a B Complex which gives me an additional 400IU to what is in my multi. I don't take prenatals.

I'm not taking prenatals either. Not at the minute anyway. I'm taking folic acid but it also has calcium and Vit D.

Folic acid: 400ug
Vit D: 7.5ug
Calcium 800mg

Should I be taking more?

 

[Vickieh1981]

I'm just going to take the pregnacare at night right before I go to bed, hopefully that'll do the trick And then after 12 weeks I'm going to go on a standard multivitamin, I think the pregnancy specific ones (minus the folic acid which you don't need after 12 weeks) are a bit of a money con to be honest!

My midwife must be rubbish then, telling me I don't need vitamins from 2nd trimester onwards, and she also told me my downs screening bloods & scan can be done from 11 weeks but hospital told me its from 12 weeks only!!!!

I got my scan letter through and it's not for AGES, when I'm 13 weeks!! So I rang up the hospital and said I have two weeks off work from 11-12 weeks and I need it during then, so I have it booked bang on 12 weeks to the day on 14th October.

I'm worried they'll put me behind (although they didn't on my early scan and I got my peak on the CBFM at CD15 so pretty regular) but she said on the phone if I turn out to be 11+5 or something then they'll just rescan me. Which is good!!

I don't think your mw is rubbish. You don't need them from 2nd trimester unless you are lacking in things and you can have the NT from 11 weeks.

Please DO NOT take standard vitamins. They have vitamin A that can cause big problems in pregnancy which the pregnancy ones don't have.

How long do you keep taking the folic acid? I'm still taking mine... do I stop at a certain point or just keep taking it until baby comes?

Until 12 weeks xx

 

[Charliemarina]

i only take folic acid at the moment as iv been told by MW but i will be taking prenatals once im 12 weeks and stopping the folic acid.....the prenatals have folic in them so i will still be getting that till baby is born i dont really need it but it wont harm by taking it and it helps nausea also i have been told.
i used pregnacare with both my kids but this time im using sanatogen prenatals.

today my back is killing me but with belly growing and with being here twice b4 hand i know it normal, i also produce to much relaxin which doesnt help and by 20 weeks my SPD will kick in due to this also....oh its going to be so much fun, but i have my dream genie pillow and support belt at the ready, i find they help LOADS

Debs great news at MW today, only few more weeks and i be going for my first MW app for booking in which takes FOREVER and a day but only got do it once and having all my bloods done then on 13th its 12 week scan time , iv had 4 scans uptill now which is fab but all for bleeding reasons so not fun awaiting to see the baby but its great wen u see the beat and cry with relief. xxxxxxx