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Should I Wait?
| Fri, 07-02-2004 - 5:18pm |
hi, im currently on birth control ortho tri cyclen lo, and i want to stop taking them and start taking prenatal vitamins before i start ttc. my ? is does anyone know how long i should wait? or can i just start taking the pv right when i stop the bc?
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| Fri, 07-02-2004 - 5:36pm |
When my dh and I decided to have another baby, I went off Depo and my md put me on pre-nates right away. She said there was not a problem with doing that. A good friend of mine is a pharmacist and said that taking prenatals directly after stopping bcp is okay.
| Fri, 07-02-2004 - 5:44pm |
Color me stupid, but is there any reason you couldn't take PNV *during* your course on Depo or the pill or whatever? I mean, they're just vitamins with appropriate dosage to keep a fetus healthy early in pregnancy, right? I've been under the impression that starting PNVs well in advance of conception is not a bad idea, as women frequently need those vitamins themselves, so if one decided to give up on the shot, why not just start them immediately, rather than waiting until the 12 weeks are out? what I'm asking is, would they somehow interfere with your BC? I take a multivitamin and have never found any evidence to suggest that it interferes with my BCP.
| Fri, 07-02-2004 - 7:58pm |
I started prenatal vitamins in 1994 while trying to conceive my first child and have been taking them ever since! They seem to agree with me more than a regular multivitamin (like centrum).
| Sat, 07-03-2004 - 10:48pm |
I was only saying that my md put me on prenatals right after I went off Depo. That is when we decided to start trying. I was on them 3 1/2 months before I got pregnant.
