Problem swallowing prenatals

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Registered: 05-11-2003
Problem swallowing prenatals
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Fri, 09-05-2003 - 4:38pm
Does anyone know of any SMALL prenatal vitamins. I can barely swallow pills, the size of birth control pills and those little red sudafeds are my limit. I doubt they make prenatals so small but does anyone know of any small ones?
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Registered: 06-11-2003
Fri, 09-05-2003 - 5:15pm
Hi Punkykay!

I have a solution for you! I have trouble with pills too so I take Pre Care Chewable Pre-natals. They work really well and have zero vitamin A in them (which is supposed to be not good prenatally). You can get a script from your doctor for them, they don't taste icky and you won't get an upset tummy.

You can see them here on their website: http://www.ther-rx.com/products/precareprenatal.asp

Hope this helps.

Claire

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Fri, 09-05-2003 - 5:56pm
Hello,

Two of my close friends were in the same boat and they were both told they could use Flinstone vitamins... yup! The kids vitamins provide thesame stuff! :-)

GL!

Bethanee TTC#3

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Registered: 07-02-2003
Fri, 09-05-2003 - 6:59pm
My mom has a really hard time taking any pills, she came up with, take a bite of bananna, chew it up for a few seconds until it gets to that slimey stage, toss the pills in, wriggle them around in the bananna, and swallow the whole thing down. Works like a charm. You could give that a try.
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Registered: 06-02-2003
Fri, 09-05-2003 - 7:01pm
Hi Claire,

Just curious why vit A is bad prenatally. I eat a lot of carrots which have a lot of vit A, is this bad for the baby?

TIA!

Lori

#3 5/1/04

Lori
Mom to Sarah Elizabeth 8/22
and her 3 big sisters

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Fri, 09-05-2003 - 7:08pm
Claire- thanks so much for that link, im checking it out now!

Bethanee- Thanks for the nifo, i actually noticed a few sites said the same thing. Im looking at this site Claire gave but if those end up being horrid to chew ill go for the flinstones;) Ive always loved flinstones! Thanks;)

beach_mel- Id try that if i wasnt allergic to bananas, i wonder if other fruits would work if i chewed them up right. Thanks for that information though:)

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Registered: 07-02-2003
Fri, 09-05-2003 - 7:14pm
Eeek don't try the banana ;) I think anything that got "slimey" would work, applesauce, yogurt, pudding. Those are not as slimey as a bananna but you could experiment. You could always crush it up, mix it with a tablespoon of applesauce or something and just "Do it" *cringing at taste of vitimins*

The suggestions for kids vitimins are interesting, you would just have to check to see if one or two covered everything you should be getting INCLUDING FOLIC ACID one of the most important pre-natals.

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Fri, 09-05-2003 - 11:37pm