Ella - they aren't BIG, but they aren't really small...they are about the same size as an m&m?... they aren't too hard to take! But i don't have problems with taking tablets like some do. The pharmasist was talking about the RLT with me yesterday and she was an older woman (certainly no young chook) and she said she took RLT in her day when she had her 4 kids, and she said that she had really short labours so she recommends RLT from experience. She said it helps to make the uterus work more effectively with pushing and contractions, hence the shorter labour. She said there is no problems with taking it in the second trimester during pregnancy and she said that it is also great to take after baby is born something to do with iron and breast milk?