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Q: Does it matter if you take prescription prenatal vitamins or over the counter prenatal vitamins?

The doctor gave me samples of prenatal viatmins but I believe he said it was safe to take over the counter vitamins, as long as they had DHA in them. Does anyone know of a good over the counter prenatal vitamin that they could recommend?

This question was asked Aug. 15, 2012 2:33am
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Answered by babyferg - Aug. 16, 2012 2:58am

Thank you all for your helpful answers!! I went with an over the counter prenatal, the ingrediants were almost exactly the same as the prescription ones.

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Answered by littlesteph - Aug. 15, 2012 10:39pm

my doctor told me to take foilc acid i asked him about pregnacare and he said that it would be better to take them as it has everything i need as long it does not have vitamin A in them and they are designed for pregnancy then we can take them

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Answered by Layne-Shane - Aug. 15, 2012 1:38pm

yep walmart brannd for me,thats what i was taking b4 getting pregnant so didnt wanna switch

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Answered by Brittany0915 - Aug. 15, 2012 11:06am

i dont think there is really much difference. i prefer to go to the natural health store and get vitamins that do not contain aluminum,but i think they all have a standard amount of recommended vitamins beneficial to pregnancy.

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Answered by jenniferose88 - Aug. 15, 2012 2:44am

My doctor gave me a script for some too, they're the exact same, they were just free at meijer stores, but I just buy the wal-mart brand. I don't think there's a difference.

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