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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Apr 2009
    Epping, VIC
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    Prenatal vitamins

    I'm looking for the smallest (size of the tablet/capsule) prenatal vitamin on the market....
    Currently taking a bioceuticals vitamin, but I'm struggling to swallow it- I'm really bad with big capsules.
    Rather than buy a million different brands- I thought someone could help me.

  2. #2

    May 2008
    Melbourne, Vic
    8,631

    Can you take Elevit? That's biggish too... GP said that was the best broad-spectrum prenatal vitamin on the market.

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Apr 2009
    Epping, VIC
    2,546

    Do you have any?
    Could you take a pic next to something (for reference) and text it to me? Ta

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Apr 2009
    Epping, VIC
    2,546

    I should add- pleeeaaaassseee

  5. #5

    May 2008
    Melbourne, Vic
    8,631

    Ok I'll see wat I've got...

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Oct 2007
    Middle Victoria
    8,924

    If you only want to take folic acid, they are really small tablets, and only around $5 for 100 tablets.

  7. #7
    Registered User

    Oct 2010
    Gold Coast
    2,638

    I gave trouble swallowing tabs so I take blackmores I-folic which are tiny and ferro-tab my ob recomended them for me last time which are higher level of iron than in vitamin section so better for pregnancy (behind counter but don't need prescription)

  8. #8
    2014 BellyBelly RAK Recipient.

    Aug 2010
    Over the hills and far away
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    I could bring mine on thurs.

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  9. #9
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    Apr 2009
    Epping, VIC
    2,546

    I could bring mine on thurs.

    Sent from HTC wildfire using TAPATALK, so forgive any spelling errors its a small keyboard.
    What brand? Are they small?

  10. #10
    2014 BellyBelly RAK Recipient.

    Aug 2010
    Over the hills and far away
    1,698

    Not small, horse pills lol. But one brand is capsules with a slippery coating so may be easier to swallow. I'm just finishing my elevit, then starting on fefol.

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  11. #11
    Registered User

    Apr 2009
    Epping, VIC
    2,546

    Ok, thanks!

  12. #12
    2013 BellyBelly RAK Recipient.

    Apr 2006
    Winter is coming
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    Personally I just stick with the folic acid tablets, they are teeny tiny so I can swallow them. There is no proven benefit to multivitamins if you have a generally good diet and are in good health.

  13. #13
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    Aug 2008
    Ouiinslano
    5,303

    I used to take Freeda brand, they're hard to find though. They're nice and small, anything without fish oil seems to be a bit smaller.

  14. #14
    Registered User

    Sep 2008
    Adelaide
    3,201

    I take the blackmores pregnancy and breastfeeding gold - they are massive and I have a gag reflex so I actually take them with a glass of orange juice and split them open by biting them, then the filling mixes with the juice so I am getting all the vitamins, then I just spit out the capsule covering

    Totally gross I know, but I am terrible at swallowing tablets, the only one I could even swallow whole was the pill which is tiny