Folic acid or pregnacare? Help!

[Francescarae]

I am 4 weeks 4 days. I have been taking folic acid and vitamin D for the last few years as had IVF, I saw my friend today and she said I should be taking pregnacare and now I’m confused if I should be.

i eat a really healthy diet and have fruit and vegetables every day, I also eat fish once a week, red meat twice a week and chicken the rest of the week.

i eat a lot of spinach and asparagus and broccoli and also berries.

any advice would be appreciated x

Pregnacare is just an expensive multi vitamin marketed to pregnant women. You will be fine with vit D and folic acid.

Okay thank you for your reply that’s really helpful x

As a midwife I wholeheartedly agree with this.

Totally agree with this. I’ve only taken folic acid til 12 weeks, and Vit D throughout. I’ve also taken iron since my blood test showed I was low

Thanks that’s reassuring

I took Pregnacare at the start of my pregnancy but always felt very nauseous after taking them. I stopped and went on to only take vitamin D and folic acid and had a healthy pregnancy and baby so you don't need to take Pregnacare, then vitamins are sufficient I think

Thank you that’s really good to know.

I liked taking a multivitamin suitable for pregnancy but cheaper ones than Pregnacare are available. I just felt like it was good to have the additional vitamins for me as the baby takes so much from you.

Yes I found that the Tesco home brand one was fine. Congratulations OP x

Thank you I’m so happy can’t believe I’m pregnant! x

That’s interesting and makes sense I suppose x

I took zita west pregnancy vitamins throughout my pregnancy I personally don't like pregnacare their are better options out there

I take pregnacare

Pregnacare only cost me 4 quid

4 quid is hardly expensive!

@teatoast8

A quick comparison on Tesco online shows that each pregnacare tablet costs 14p each compared with a generic brand multivitamin at 2p each.

They do the same thing but pregncare is 600% more expensive than the supermarket brand.

4 quid on amazon. Can't really go wrong and it's what ive always used

@teatoast8

that's still 600% more than other brands.

There's nothing wrong with it. You are just spending money on a brand name that's all.

And? They work for me. 4 quid isn't expensive

I found a pregnancy vitamin in my pharmacy for less than £4 and when I compared to pregnacare it was virtually identical in terms of vitamins. It actually had a higher % of vitamins compared to one brand that was selling for £34

I also found that although pregnacare initally appeared to have more tablets per pack it usually said to take 2/3 tablets vs the 1 tablet in cheaper brands.

I took no supplements during my first pregnancy but had a super healthy diet. Baby (child now 7) healthiest I know. Current pregnancy I've been taking pregnacare. Your diet alone sounds fine to me. Congratulations x

The ones I get you only take 1

Folic acid is the most important thing but I struggled with anaemia in my first pregnancy so took a pregnancy multivitamin (own brand not pregnacare) in my 2nd pregnancy and didn't get anaemic at all

Aldi do their own version of Pregnacare, exactly the same, very similar packaging and half the price