Best ante-natal multi-vitamins??

[dancingunicorns123]

Hi I just found out I'm pregnant and wondering which vitamins I should buy?

The only ones recommended are folic acid and vitamin d

Multivitamins in pill form are crap, the body doesn’t absorb most of the stuff.
Take folic acid, vitamin D and eat a wide range of fruits and vegetables.

The midwife will give you some.

I mean what brand... they don't give me any

The midwife will give you some? Where does this happen? Didn't when I was pregnant and that was before the NHS cuts really started to bite.

OP, there are several well known brands. I got Seven Seas which seemed to have all the recommended things and were easy to take.

Don't think it matters what brand

I'm in Bristol and the midwife gave me vitamins all through my pregnancy, DD is 12 weeks old.

@Fridgedooropen thank you!

Brand doesn't matter. Just get the amount right. Folic acid for the first 12 weeks and vitamin d the whole pregnancy.

Boots or Tesco do own brand vitamins. Exactly the same stuff.

I didn’t get any vitamins from the Midwife (I think this is dependent on area) I joined boots baby club and got some free vit d and folic acid tablets on my advantage card. Before I got loads of free vitamins I took the seven seas ones as they were smaller and on offer in Tesco! Otherwise in all the bounty packs/Emma’s diary/Mothercare expectant parent event packs there was always free vitamins in there so I just took them!

In preferred the seven seas and boots tablets as they are smaller than pregnecare (which are massive) Also, I find the pregnecare liquid quite harsh on my stomach.

Please make sure that (along with vitamin D and folic acid) that you get omega 3 and iodine, both vital for the baby's brain