Is it bad to be on prenatal vitamins if you aren’t pregnant

Are prenatal vitamins bad to take if you’re not pregnant?

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Prenatal vitamins are safe for otherwise healthy adults that are not pregnant. Thanks for asking ChaCha!

Is it bad to take prenatal vitamins if you aren’t pregnant??

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Not bad but not necessary unless a doctor has recommended taking vitamins. Vitamins in our food are much more beneficial than synthetic ones. They won’t make hair grow any faster though

Is it bad to take prenatal vitamins if im not pregnant??

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I’m no doctor, but this shouldn’t be a problem. Also vitamin B’s come out in your urine. Most people have berrocca’s and other vitamin drinks. The excess should just come straight out. Pregnancy vitamins have higher folate, iron and some ot…

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Any of the folloing bad for my baby? I really want to know?

Q: I sleep on my stomach , I heard it was okay at 9 weeks because you aren’t really “big ” yet .Also I like to drink soda ..at least one a day …Is that bad ?Also I can’t take prenatal vitamins because I cannot swallow a pill no matter how hard I try .. I will just gag …So Im taking flinstone vitamins with extra Iron in it ..I got a prescription for Notachew but none of the pharmacy’s around here carry it and they aren’t really helping us out to much in getting it neither and I know I really need it ! Also In the beginning before I knew I was pregnant I as taking Nyquil every night and wasn’t eating to healthy either ..Is that really bad ?Also I don’t smoke , My mom and dad …and boyfriend do .They are basically chain smokers .(they don’t smoke inside)Alot of people I know smoke ..lets just put it that way and before I knew I was pregnant I would always be near them when they were smoking …could this be harmful .Im sorry If these questions sound stupid , I don’t want my anything to be wrong with my child on my behalf .Also Im quite skinny .Im only 16 too .Im like 5’6 and whiegh about 108 ..I know I will gain wheight and everything and my body will get ready for birth …but my mom is concerned that I may be to skinny and I might have to get an epidural , or C-section ..Im really not that skinny ..I eat all the time more then anyone I know its just Im so little lol*** Everysince I found I was pregnant , (like 5 weeks ago) I eat healthy and everything …I don’t go around smokers ect .I just wanted to make that clear ! lolHe told me to take flinstone vitamins with extra iron till we find another solution thanks .I talk to my doctor alot and ask lots of questions! lolWHoever is giving my answersers thumbs down that’s really mature of you .They are giving really good answers …why would you go and do something like that?

A: Sleeping on stomach – It’s fine until it starts to get uncomfortable.Soda – caffeine is okay in moderation, so one a day is okayVitamins – keep taking the flintstones if the Dr said it was okay, as far the the prescription, can you use the mail in pharmacy? Most insurance companies have oneNyquil is not good during pregnancy – but as long as you didn’t keep taking it after you find out, its all okay. Same with the eating healthy thing, just make sure your doing better nowSmoking – same as above, just avoid it now that you know you are pregnantI’ve never heard of someone being forced to have an epidural because they are skinny. If your hips don’t spread enough you may have to have a c-section but I know many very skinny girls who gave birth just fine.

19 and thinking about a baby…?

Q: >>First of all let me tell you about my life at the moment…I am almost 19 and my boyfriend, soon to be fiance is almost 21. Him and I are both in college, he is almost finished with his degree.>>We have been together for over 4 years now, and we have been 100% solid. I love him so much and he treats me like his angel. I couldn’t imagine a more perfect man, he has never done anything serious to hurt me.>>Lately, we have been talking about marriage and a baby, and we find the thought of a baby very exciting. Well, in August, I stopped taking birth control pills due to mis-communication of prescriptions and I didn’t get it on time, and I was already thinking about stopping, so I never went back on. My periods are still SUPER irregular, and they never have been before, so my doctor put me on Provera to induce my period. We also told my doctor all of this that I am typing to you and she decided to put me on prenatal vitamins as a precaution just in case I do fall pregnant. >>His parents want us to have a baby so bad, his dad always makes jokes about how he needs little ones running around lol. Also, my grandma told us she’s ready to be a great grandma any time now! lol. We are very close with eachothers families. If we ever needed help or anything, they would always be there for us. We alone do have money to support a baby for at least 2 years, but in that time, we would obviously save up more for when it gets older. We both have health insurance and cars.>>We currently aren’t using any protection, we decided “if it happens, great! if it doesn’t, that’s fine too.” So we aren’t “trying” but we aren’t preventing either. I feel we would be great parents, and we are both mentally, physically, emotionally ready. And I know some people feel like you are never ready, or there is never a right time. But deep down, it feels right. I would be a great mother, at least I’m not 13 or something. I would probably be a mother better than some 30 and 40 year olds out there who don’t care about their kids and do drugs and crap.>>What do you think? Have you ever been in a similar situation?Thank you for all answers.

A: I’m going to tell you something about myself that reminds me a lot of the current situation you’re in:When I was 19, my high school sweet heart asked me if we could have a baby together. I thought that would be wonderful, I felt ready and I thought that having a child together would bring us even closer. However, I got accepted to UCLA’s Nursing program, which was my dream. I knew that if I stayed with him and got pregnant, there would be no chance of attending UCLA to become a nurse.This was a painfully tough decision, but ultimately I decided to leave him (we were both living in Arizona at that time, he was to attend a community college there, and I was going off to Los Angles!) and we knew that a long-term relationship wouldn’t work.Sometimes I wonder what my life would have been if I had stayed with him. I probably would have been the mother to many children, without a job as wonderful as mine now. I’m currently a successful nurse practitioner, 27 years old, 13 weeks pregnant with baby #1! (the father is NOT my old high school “soul mate”- sadly, I lost contact with him). I am really happy with the way my life has turned out, and I’m glad I made the decision I did.All in all, if you think having a baby now will hold you back in any way, wait! You are young, and you should meet more people before you make such a life-changing decision. But it’s completely YOUR choice, and if you can support a baby, I’m sure you would be a wonderful mother.Good luck, and really consider all possibilities!

Worried we may not be able to conceive . . .?

Q: Background . . . my husband and I got married at the end of October. We’ve since been TTC. Our honeymoon was over an ovulation period (we were quite active during that ovulation period). Nothing.We tried again at the end of November. Nothing.In December we tried a few times. And now I’m not sure . . .My last normal AF was 12/14/08. I’m regular . . . by the clock . . . I’m fairly precise every month. I get it on the day that I’m expecting it and it lasts 4 days and I can even count on the pattern – heavy – medium – light – stop – light – done. We had sex a few times during my ovulation period 12/21/08 – 12/25/08.AF was due on 1/8/09, instead started on 1/6/09 and was extremely light and color varied between brown to pink and once or twice a little bit of red with a clot or two. I thought maybe it was implantation bleeding – the problem was that it lasted from 1/6 – 1/10! From what I understand, implantation bleeding is only supposed to last for about a day – at the most.I took a PT on 1/8 and it was negative. I’ve not had any other symptoms. I’m thinking about taking another one tomorrow morning (I probably will), but I’m really nervous about this. We really want another child.Here may be some other contributing factors. I just turned 36. I smoke. I’ve been overweight all my life (not extremely so, but just so I’ve always been on the borderline of the BMI scale – always just managing to stay under 30).I just found out that I am pre-diabetic for certain – this is due to a combination of factors, primarily my weight, but also because of a predominating family history of diabetes – aunts, uncles, parents, brother, etc. all have it, and because I had gestational diabetes when I was pregnant with my daughter.I also am having problems with high cholesterol (not too bad yet, but doctor recommended fish oil, which I’ve been taking) and with a serious gall bladder problem (have an almost 2″ gall stone that needs to be removed).I don’t know if all of those things (on top of stress at a job that I hate) are contributing to my not being able to get pregnant or not. I didn’t have any problem with my daughter. I was pregnant with her in about a month.This time around I started taking my prenatal vitamin with folic acid as soon as we decided to try. I’ve been doing my best to bring down the Blood Glucose levels with diet and exercise. And we’re in the process of quitting smoking for good.The only thing different between now and my first pregnancy is the diabetes. I wasn’t diabetic before I got pregnant with my daughter. I’ve found so much conflicting info on the web about the correlation between diabetes and infirtility, that it has my head reeling. I’m not sure of what to make of all of it. (And before you write it, I already have an appointment with my doctor.) Yet my levels aren’t that terribly high, either. My doc said I was closer to being pre-diabetic. I just treat it as if I actually have it.Has anyone gone through this? I’m really looking for some good advice, suggestions, commiserations . . .

A: I happened upon this site -http://www.birthbabyandmom.com/how-to-get-pregnant.html, and thankfully my husband even paid attention. We are in early preg now as a result of paying attention to the advice given on the site. I also was taking chasteberry to help.I wish you luck.