How many of you took pre-pregnancy vitamins?

[isharathena]

Still doing my research before TTC, and I'm just curious about pre-pregnancy vitamins. How many of you took them, and did you feel they worked? Are these vitamins something that are considered essential, or is that just what the advertising industry wants me to think? I have just seen the price of them and am wondering if they really work or if I'm better off putting my energies into just eating well.

Feel like a bit of a noob asking this but really have no idea.

[helle]

i am of the "they can't hurt" way of thinking...
Plus, you gotta take them eventually anyway so you may as well get into the habit now

[boobaloo]

both of my kids were surprises, so i certainly didn't take any pre-pregnancy vitamins, and even when i was pregnant, the pregnancy vitamins make me spew constantly , so i didn't really bother after a couple of weeks. both babies are completely healthy, but hey, it can't hurt if you want to take them!

[~Kim~]

I didn't even know about pre preg vitamins lol.
I started taking them when I fell but I am of the opinion that a good balanced diet more than makes up for them.

[HotI]

Folic acid is one i think is important. Taking it reduces the chance of bub having spina bifida or another spinal cord issue. It is included in the pre pregnancy multivitamins OR you can buy it singularly from the chemist. I think i paid around $5 for 100 tablets and took one tablet each day.

[isharathena]

Folic acid is one i think is important. Taking it reduces the chance of bub having spina bifida or another spinal cord issue. It is included in the pre pregnancy multivitamins OR you can buy it singularly from the chemist. I think i paid around $5 for 100 tablets and took one tablet each day.

Yeah, I noticed the Blackmores conception vitamins are $40 for what looks like a months supply, I was like, dayum........

[KimB]

I tried the Blackmores ones but they made me sick so swapped to elevit. I have been on elevit now for a couple of months and all my tests have come back fine (not actually pg yet tho lol)

[Heaven]

You don't have to take a multivitamin if you don't want to if your diet is healthy etc but I would take a folic acid supplement. It can take a while to build up in your body apparently and is very important in pregnancy.

[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.

[Babyluv]

I started taking them months before ttc & I'm on them now & will stay on them while I breastfeed.
Blackmores preg & breastfeeding gold, was on elevit but it doesn't contain iodine so I switched.
I swear being on them helped me with my cold recently hubby had it and gave it to me, he still has it after 5 weeks, my cold lasted 2 weeks!
Can't hurt to start taking them now.
I also took vitex prior to falling preg this time & it was great for my cycles.