How many of you took pre-pregnancy vitamins?

[Kezzy]

my doc told me to start taking elevit 3 months in advance.. elevit is the most expensive brand on the market and to be honest at the time i believed that they recieved some sort of benefit for the sale of elevit. however, my gyno also told me to start elevit as soon as you start ttc so i decided to take there advice. i have been ttc for 7 months now after m/c... and been on elevit for 3 months. its $70 for 100 tablets but i feel as though it cant hurt to have a storage of vitamins in your body as soon as you concieve. i also have a healthy diet, however, you need excess of these vitamins which we simply cant get from our food alone.

[Natasha]

I just bought some Blackmores "Folate pre-conception" vitamins from the supermarket. 90 tablets for $7.95. One a day, that's about $2.75 p/month?

[LimeSlice]

I took Elevit with Charlotte - but then it was only for the first trimester and then while BF, not the whole pregnancy.
This time round, I started taking Elevit again when I found I was pregnant but was surprised to find they now say you should take it throughout pregnancy and while BF, so will take it as directed. Although having said that, I don't freak if I miss a day.

Charlotte was a surprise, so no option and this one was planned but we weren't actively trying at the time I conceived so wasn't taking anything - honestly though, I wouldn't take anything extra while TTC anyway.

[blue_hebe]

I went to the doctor when DH and I decided it was time to TTC. She prescribed folic acid and said I didn't have to worry about other vitamins (perhaps depends on your diet though). $3 for 90 tablets seemed like a good price to me, so that's what I went with.

[Cherished]

I take a multivitamin which I find much better than the elevit (the most common pregnancy vitamin) having said that I did take elevit for around 6 months (a few months before being UTD and during the 1st few months of the pg) now I am back to my regular multi. I also take iron and extra vit C & zinc and sometimes magnesium and calcium plus I try to have Omega 3 every day. I've been doing this for years before getting pregnant and i notice the difference when I don't have them.

[meow]

I took a regular multivitamin- much cheaper than the "pregnancy" ones and still contained folate and iodine which are important to boost pre-pregnancy. As soon as I conceived I stopped taking it and switched to a pregnancy multi.

[isharathena]

Thanks guys, this is great advice! I hadn't seen the folic acid tablets coz I was so busy looking for the pre-conception stuff, lol. So I will get those next time I'm at the chemist or supermarket.