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    Posted on January 28th, 2009

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    Pre-Natals Making You Sick?

    Pre-Natals Making You Sick?

    Submitted by Erin in Sacramento, CA
     
    Take your prenatals with food.   My regular vitamins were really upsetting my stomach in the mornings.   Now I take my prenatals *as i eat* breakfast (literally between bites) to be sure there is something in my stomach cushioning the vitamins, and I haven’t had any problems anymore.
    My vitamin has a ton of folic [...]

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    What’s in a Vitamin?

    What’s in a Vitamin?

    Submitted by Rachel in Monroe, CT
     
    About the pre-natal vitamins - try to find one that has the following:
    4,000 and 5,000 IU (international units) of vitamin A
    800 and 1,000 mcg (1 mg) of folic acid
    400 IU of vitamin D
    200 to 300 mg of calcium
    70 mg of vitamin C
    1.5 mg of thiamine
    1.6 mg of riboflavin
    2.6 mg of [...]