Do you think some brands of pregnancy vitamins can make you feel sick?

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I've been taking Tesco own brand vitamins for pregnancy up until this point (19 weeks) and I recently ran out so haven't taken any for a week. They are the gel capsule type.

Just been to Sainsburys and bought some there and took it a couple of hours ago and now feel a bit sicky. Haven't had any sickness since about 13/14 weeks so wondering if it's the tablet. These are the dry (if broken up it would be powdery) type.

Not sure what to think.

I came on here to post exactly the same question! I am suffering terribly with nausea. It is all day long and I feel awful. I feel even worse after taking a prenatal vitamin and am wondering if I should give them up? I have tried 2 brands and the same result with both.

I am only 8 weeks so nervous about getting folic acid etc for the baby at this stage.

Also not sure what to think.

I found the same but taking them at night seems to make it better.

I would second taking them at night

I found that Pregnacare made me very nauseous no matter what time of day I took them. I then tried the Sanatogen ones and they were much better. I took them at night and had no nausea from thrm at all.

Thanks! Glad I'm not imagining it.

I may try it again tonight and if I get the same result I'll go back to the tesco ones which didn't have the same effect. These sainsburys tablets are very similar in look to the pregnacare ones I took with my daughter so perhaps it's the same sort of feeling.

I think the tesco ones are these, and they didn't make me feel sick if that's any help.

I used to feel sick if I didn't take them with food (i.e. a meal, not just a snack) and in fact vommed on two different occasions after taking one on an empty stomach.

I think it's the pregnancy that's the issue, rather than the pills per se, but if different ones don't cause nausea then great!

I know the pregnacare ones say take after a main meal, I think that's to prevent nausea.

Always made me feel sick (whichever brands) unless I took them last thing at night.

BUT I think that was usually because I could eat a decent dinner whereas breakfast and lunch often didn't happen

i had exactly the same thing. i was taking Pregnacare before i was pregnant and felt sick if i didn't have them with a main meal.

Any tablets containing iron can make you feel nauseous. Best taken at night or with a meal.

I bought Asda folic acid when TTC & then decided to switch to Wilko & Superdrug pg vits (they were both on offer). Can't remember which 1 I took but they made me queasy when I took them on an empty stomach.

I now take either one with my dinner at night, during the meal, with plenty of water & feel fine (apart from the usual MS).

I think taking with food helps with nausea & absorption of the nutrients.

I keep forgetting to take my vitamins now I am past the weeks of needing folic acid. I had my bloods back at 16 weeks and the MW said she'd never seen iron levels so high...she asked me what vits I was taking and I sheepishly said I keep forgetting. But I eat a ton of liver and lots of dark leafy greens so maybe that's it?

Up to 12 weeks I felt so sick anyway I don't know if I could have pinpointed the vitamins anyway.

Didn't think you were meant to eat liver during pg Bettybat as vit A can accumulate in the foetus... Maybe I'm wrong & that rule has changed too!!

Pregnacare made me very ill no matter what time of day I took them. they also made me so constipated that I could barely eat at all. I got tired of it so switched to Sanatogen and feel loads better.

Still have bad nausea but some days I'm only sick once and don't feel so weak anymore - I'm 12+2 so fx not going to be ill for too much longer. Unless I forget and take Pregnacare again, that is...

Pregnacare made me nauseous. Boots own brand were fine.

When has everyone stopped taking folic acid and vits? Do you stop at 12 weeks or take for full length of pregnancy?

Chunkychicken MW didn't seem shocked when I told her...especially I was raving how amazing it is - it's from the local Lebanese restaurant, and they cook it in pomegranates!

I'm sure she would have said something if it was a big no no. I also mentioned it to the booking in MW and she didn't say anything or raise an eyebrow. She seemed impressed with what I was eating - lots of protein, tons of oily fish, LOTS of good fats, leafy greens, eggs, vegetables etc.

I dunno - I lost more confidence in seeing how pregnancy food fads changed by the professionals over the years than eating so called bad things. They can't decide on a damn thing so why would I trust them? I went through a period of obsessing over fish, raw vegetables (particularly raw spinach) and liver that I figured my body was needing/wanting something in all of that stuff so I should listen!