What supplements are you taking?

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I just bought a bunch of supplements to boost my health while TTC and DH thinks I'm nutty says I'm just "being an American" (um sorry I AM American! Can't help it!)

I'm planning to add in b12 (I'm vegetarian), krill oil for omega 3s, vitamin D and folinic acid (like folic acid but supposedly better for body to absorb), and a general prenatal. Have also been taking folic acid irregularly for the last month or so.

What supplements are you doing?

god you'll be rattling!!!

i take pregnacare conception when i remember.

Just frolic acid for me:) and trying not to drink or eat too unhealthily. Cave women conceived without all the meds so why can't we

Ha I mean folic!

We're taking these when we remember. I also take Floradix when run down.

Doesn't your prenatal include some of those extras already?

Nothing.

And I've already had 3 glasses of wine today :)

I took a conception formula. If you're going to take a bunch of different ones, just make they'll all still be safe when you do get pregnant. The main thing to look at is vitamin A content.

Folic acid should ideally be consistently taken for three months pre-conception. Vitamin D is recommended throughout pregnancy so wouldn't hurt before. A conception or pregnancy multivitamin would cover you for these.

Pregnacare Conception

Yeah prenatal includes them, but the amounts are too small to really do anything. Thanks for your answers everyone, looks like I am being a crazy american as expected ;)

Hi Op

I had a mc in March 2013 and so wanted to give my body the best chance possible to get pregnant and help the baby with a boast in vitamins etc. So before getting BFP (right through mc too) this month I was taking:

• Floradix for iron
• Viridian Fertility Pro-Conception vitamins (has alots of good stuff including required a,out of vitamin D, Folic etc.)
• Sola Homocysteine modulators

-Omega 3 Krill Oil

All the vitamins are natural with no nasty chemical compounds..

Following BFP I replaced Viridian Fertility Pro-Conception vitamins with Solar Pre-natal vitamins. Still taking all the others as well.

I also made my other half take Viridian Fertility (for men) Potency tablets whilst ttc.

So you are not on your own...

By the way, I am a crazy British...

Am I a crazy Canadian? I didn't think there were national stereotypes about taking vitamins!

I did start a fish oil supplement once I was pregnant.

I thought Op was been light heartily facetious about the stereotype comment.. I certainly was about the Crazy Brit not the vitamins.. Took/taking all of those.

Op, I forgot to mention I am also taking Solar Natural fibre tablets... I am rattling like a smarties tube....

I am taking Pregnacare Conception, vitamin B6, Agnus Cactus, baby aspirin and Ferrograd C (slow-release iron + vitamin C). The iron isn't really for conception, just because I get too tired to survive the day without it!

I also take Robitussin a couple of hours before DTD.