Let’s Talk about Vitamins

1. 12 Responses to “How safe is it to take Flinstone Vitamins to substitute prenatal vitamins?”

2. By mommy of 5 on Nov 6, 2008 | Reply

   i do it alot

3. By Motherof3 on Nov 10, 2008 | Reply

   I use to take them with all 3 of my kids

4. By D.J.B. on Nov 11, 2008 | Reply

   i have heard of ppl doin it bcuz their prenatal vitamins were too much for them to stomach and their baby turned out just fine.its better than not taking anything

5. By Army Wifey-Prego w/ #3 on Nov 12, 2008 | Reply

   Thats what I used too! My doc said it was okay!

6. By GG Mama on Nov 13, 2008 | Reply

   From what I’ve read it is okay. Alot of women take additional folic acid with it to further help out their baby.

7. By Nikiyda B on Nov 14, 2008 | Reply

   that is what my doctor told me to take.

8. By moops4783 on Nov 17, 2008 | Reply

   I’ve heard that a lot of women do this, and are even reccomended to do this by their doctors. The only thing is you should take twice the normal dosage, because dosage is measured for children. A friend told me she took one in the morning and one at night. She, too, couldn’t stomach the prenatal vitamins. They made her extremely sick.

   I hope this helps! Good luck!

9. By snowflake311 on Nov 22, 2008 | Reply

   yeah for Iron it’s ok. But you really should get on some Prenatal vitamins because they have all the vitamins you and your baby need.

   I take over the counter ones that are very gentle on my stomach. I have had some types of vitamins make me feel sick these never did they are the best.

   Rainbow Light , Just 1 once, Prenatal vitamins.
   They are great and guaranteed 100% natural.

   I can only find them at Railys in the organic health food area.

10. By TMM on Nov 25, 2008 | Reply

    My doctor told me to give it a try. It is just fine.

11. By #2 due 5/23/09 YAY! on Nov 25, 2008 | Reply

    Yes…my Dr. told me to take 2.

12. By Kylie due 12/19/08!! on Nov 27, 2008 | Reply

    i had the SAME problem. the prenantal prescribed by my doctor were making me sooooooo sick. turns out, it was the iron in them. they prescribed me good ol’ flinstone vitamins w/o iron and i’v been fine ever since. you dont have to take the ones with iron…as long as you are getting iron in other things. iron is what makes most people sick from the prenatals. goodluck and i hope the sick feeling goes away!! happy pregnancy
    oh and p.s. the flinstone vitamins have the EXACT same ingredients AND dosages in them. so your not going to be missing out on anything for the baby. just follow the dosage instructions…adults take 1 vitamin TWICE a day

13. By Proud Mommy! on Nov 29, 2008 | Reply

    ABSOLUTELY!!! It is actually even better! I started off on my first pregnancy with prenatal vitamins and they made me so sick. I told my doctor and she said it was the added Zinc that was doing it, which was totally unnecessary to be in them anyways. She said to take the Flintstones, and I actually took the ones with Vitamin C, not iron, because too much iron isn’t good. They have everything you need and nothing you don’t. I swear by them for pregnancies, and tell everyone I know who is pregnant to use them! I was so excited to see your question, lol. They say they judge how healthy a pregnancy was by the umbilical cord at birth, and my doctor said she had never seen a healthier one! My son had a perfect apgar score, which is unheard of. My daughter would have too if she hadn’t been so big and had sugar problems at birth. My kids could lift their heads for 30 seconds at a time and turn them at 2 hours old! At 6 hours old my son was placed on his belly for his sponge bath, and he picked his whole head and chest up off the table! And the kids could both stand on our legs with help at a day old! Use them!

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