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Pregnacare conception vitamins - anyone else had side effects?

39 replies

ILoveMyCats · 09/02/2013 22:44

Hello!

I've been taking the pregnacare supplements for a while, but this is the first cycle ive taken them everyday. Af is nearly two weeks late but I'm defo not pg. I've been dizzy and nauseous and peeing loads. I've read elsewhere that this can be from the vitamins, but wondered if anyone else had experienced this?

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Skinnywhippet · 11/02/2013 18:59

I've been taking the centrum pregnancy tablets with folic acid. They are making me feel sick, that, or I have a tummy bug! I'm not sure.

Soph80 · 10/02/2013 21:28

impatientone - whats a df monitor?

CoraBear · 10/02/2013 21:18

I take Biocare Prenatal Forte. They're brilliant. They are capsules so they are much gentler on the stomach and are split dose (2 per day-one at breakfast, one at lunch) so you get a steady stream over the day instead of a huge belt of it first thing in the morning.

Pregnacare made me retch when I was first pregnant because they are enormous. Bleurgh!

lastboxoftampons · 10/02/2013 20:42

I had a tough time with Superdrug's own brand - nausea and dizziness, like you describe. Been taking Pregnacare for a while now, though and all fine. I take htem before I go to bed which helps.

Good luck!

Fairydogmother · 10/02/2013 18:31

My Gp did say folic acid and a balanced diet was all that was required until well into pregnancy. Tho I think most people take a vitamin. They are massively expensive for no reason tho!

ImpatientOne · 10/02/2013 18:14

Hi Soph I did switch back on to plain folic acid for a bit and did stop altogether for a while. I started again when I got the Wellman Conception for DH a few months ago.

It makes me Angry that the conception vits cost so much more than any others because they know we will buy them anyway and I've wasted far too much time comparing all the ingredients

I am seriously considering the £500 DF monitor as I reckon by the time you add up all the vitamins, OPKs, that I've we've bought it's a small fortune already!

Soph80 · 10/02/2013 12:44

Impatientone - thats what I'm taking, 20th cycle too Confused. waste of money?

Fairydogmother · 10/02/2013 11:14

Hi there. First time posting so hope I'm not butting in!

I had a horrible allergic reaction to pregnacare - rash all over my chest and really quite ill. I'm on tesco vitamins now and no reaction tho my Gp gave me basic folic acid too.

Of course it had to be the most expensive ones that gave me a reaction and I'd bought 3 boxes on offer!

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ILoveMyCats · 10/02/2013 09:39

Hmmm. Think I'm going to stop taking pregnacare then, despite having 3 more boxes as they were on offer. I agree with the constipation thing too! I did always take them with food. I'll have a look at others.

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Purpleprickles · 09/02/2013 23:34

Yes! I joined a post about them last year and the side effects they can have. I took them for two months and had a very dodgy stomach on them, plus I felt generally lethargic. Really I couldn't have felt less like trying to conceive. I ended up going to Dr who said it could be mild IBS and it was only after that when I started to try to work out how my diet had changed that I realised the symptoms had started after taking the vitamins. Stopped them, felt fine. I googled at the time and found others had felt similar. Still no luck with ttc but I'm just taking folic acid now.

LandsN · 09/02/2013 23:20

I have been taking seven seas called trying for a baby (original name lol) have had quite a bit constipation but seems to last a day or two then b ok just hope they work good luck to u x

smellysocksandchickenpox · 09/02/2013 23:07

they're the worst I find for constipation. the other brands seemed okay, I settled on sanatogen in the end which gave me no side effects

ImpatientOne · 09/02/2013 23:05

I couldn't get on with them at all - mostly as they made me hideously constipated Blush

I'm taking Sanatogen Mother to Be which are ok although still not bloody pg after 20 cycles

LandsN · 09/02/2013 23:01

I have been taking them not due af till next week and having pg symptoms sickness light headed etc am wondering now if it could be the vits what ones u taking?