Can't swallow pregnancy vitamins

[Miss_Ro]

Hi girls,

This is my first pregnancy and am just 6 weeks pregnant
I am having a lot of trouble swallowing pregnancy vitamins, I was told to use Elevit but they wouldn't go down - I crushed them, cut them - you name it - I couldn't do it.
So I was then advised to try Blackmores Pregnancy Gold as they had fish oil in them so the tablet was coated and would 'slide down' my throat. No go either. I gag every time.
I'm really worried as I know that I need to take these vital vitamins for the health of my baby, but I can't swallow tablets! Is there a chewable or another way of taking vitamins??

[Trillian]

Put them in a smoothy? Blend the tablets in with the smoothy as you make it. FWIW, I personally think that pregnancy vitamins are a load of bull**** and a waste of your money. You only ever need vitamins if you are deficient to start with. I only ever took folate tablets because that's all I really needed. Maybe you could just take those instead as they are a lot smaller tablet?

[Amaunet]

The folate tablets are tiny, just take those

[Artechim]

Another saying pregnancy vitamins (actually all vitamins) are a waste of money. Folate is shown to be beneficial during early pregnancy, but the rest you can get from a balanced diet. Don't stress if you can't take them, your baby will be perfect anyway.

[*Belle*]

The tinest ones that I can only swallow as I throw up all the time are I-folate (Blackmores tablets) my OB that is all I needed for now at 6 weeks, unless you have a vitamin defficiency they are so small and easy to swallow like a mini pill if not a bit smaller.

I found out recently, I do have a vitamin D deficiency so I now take Vitamin D which is small too and Berrocca.

Hope you feel better soon.

Bel
xxx

[Trillian]

Belle, if you have a Vitamin D deficiency, why are you taking tablets? Why don't you just get some sun exposure?

[LimeSlice]

The reason you can't swallow them is all in your head If you still can't swallow them crushed, then it is mental, not physical.

When you swallow them, try tilting your head to the side and slightly back, slightly.
The other thing you can do is swallow them with food. Tablets are smaller than most of the chewed amounts of food you swallow everytime you eat, so try chewing, then swallowing with the food.

Good luck ( I am assuming you tried taking them with water, not just trying to dry swallow them)

[FabFiona]

I was the same. They were like horse tablets to me. I just took the folate as they were small.