Vit A multi vitamins

[Jmarie123]

Hi everyone,
I just found out I’m pregnant today! I’ve wanted this for so long and I’m truly over joyed. I’m around 4 week.
I’m panicking a little as I realised I’ve been taking multi vitamins that have high vitamin A and I didn’t even realise that was bad! I think some days I may have even mistakenly take 2. I’m so worried now this could cause a defect as some sights say it can damage embryo development ☹️ I’m obviously going to throw them away now and move to pregnancy vitamins but so worried I might have affected something.
Anyone got any experiences?

If it's vitamin A from beta carotene, it's fine to take as your body will only use what it needs. It's vitamin A derived from animals that you need to steer clear of. Usually in cheaper multivitamins, liver, cod liver oil, pate, etc.

A few weeks taking your multivitamins won't have done any harm. Get yourself a pregnancy specific multivitamin (imo the better quality, the better for you, look for one made from whole foods as your body can absorb the vitamins more easily, and free from fillers and preservatives).

Congratulations on the pregnancy and try not to worry. You've probably benefitted from the other vitamins in the multivitamin, such as folic acid/folate and given yourself a good headstart 🙂

Don't worry OP plenty of people do this early in a pregnancy.
Any pregnancy-specific vitamin will give your baby what they need from now on. I used tesco pregnancy support.
Congratulations!

I wouldn’t worry too much about this. So many people don’t realise they are pregnant in the very early stages and do all sorts of things they wouldn’t do if they knew and the vast majority of them have no issues. The advice around all this stuff is always super cautious also - it doesn’t mean something bad will happen if you eat a rare burger or whatever just that there is a very small risk associated with this and to eliminate the risk you avoid undercooked meat.

Thank you all so much. I kind of knew I was over thinking it but sometimes I guess you need someone else to tell you🙂