I have a problem swallowing pills and breaking the prenatal in half make me about puke, so my midwife said to switch to children's chewable Flintstones. Anyone else been told this?
2007-12-05 05:05:45 · 24 answers · asked by Nancy 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Yep, I did it too. It's okay.
You might want to check the levels of Folic acid that is in them, and make sure it is adequate - ask your doctor about that if you haven't already.
You should be getting 0.4 mg a day.
Good luck!
2007-12-05 05:21:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's the last ditch effort for vitamins. If you cannot tolerate any other prenatals, many OBs say to take 2 Flintstones. Not as good as prenatals, but hey, you gotta go with what works.
2007-12-05 05:45:53 · answer #2 · answered by CarbonDated 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My physician told me the same thing but they say its better to take the prenatals because it has all the vitamins the baby needs. But if you r taking a flinestone you have to take supplement pills for what the flinestone does not contain. So try to find some pills that are smaller. I know it is very important to have iron & calcium & folic acid in your diet. Good luck!!
2007-12-05 05:25:25 · answer #3 · answered by The Best Wife & Mommy of 2! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As long as there is folic acid in the Flinstones, and no large amounts of Vitamin A (large amounts of Vitamin A can be responsible for birth defects), they'd be just fine. The folic acid is the most important component of prenatal vitamins, as it is known to prevent neural tube defects.
Good luck.
2007-12-05 05:10:01 · answer #4 · answered by jokiebird 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes!! I can't take the prenatal vitamins because they make me sick!!! SO my doctor told me to sub it with two flinstone's instead!! I have been taking them for over a month and have never felt better!!!
O, and I don't like the chewables, so I found the Flinstone Gummies instead!
Good Luck!!
2007-12-05 06:41:21 · answer #5 · answered by [Allie & Jude] 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Vitafol Ob Ingredients
2016-10-31 11:45:58 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. I found small prenatal vitamins at Walmart also. You take two small pills instead of one large one(each is about the size of a tylenol). It works for me.
2007-12-05 05:10:26 · answer #7 · answered by Melissa S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was told the same thing with each pregnancy.... except with this one, I haven't been getting all the vitamins my body needs, so she told me to take 3 a day.... 4 of my fingernails curved down at an extreme angle, and my doctor thinks it's a vitamin deficiency, so she upped my dosage. Anyway, it's perfectly normal.
2007-12-05 05:18:38 · answer #8 · answered by Franky 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My daughter took Flintstones because she has an blood disorder which makes iron injested by pills either worthless or fatal. Flintstones make a vitamin that has no iron so that is what she took!
2007-12-05 05:12:25 · answer #9 · answered by Amanda H 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I had two girls and became very sick taking the vitamin samples the doctor gives you
these are worth a try
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DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION:
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2007-12-05 05:32:12 · answer #10 · answered by Purple Heart 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋