My husband and I are going to start trying to get pregnant the beginning of September, I started taking prenatal vitamins a little over a week ago because I was told it was good to start taking them before you get pregnant. Every time I take them I get very ill. Is this something that my body will get used to and I just have to stick it out? I really want to be as healthy as I can for my future baby, and I'm worried I won't be able to take them when I'm pregnant. I've already lost about 3 LBS since I started taking them.
Anyone else have this problem or any suggestions? Thanks so much!

I had the same problem. I found out that the vitamin had a lot of iron in it and my body did not get along with it very well. Can you change to a different brand. Check how much iron they have in them....it might be the problem.

That is actually the other thing I was going to ask. Are there different types of prenatal vitamins, so I'm going to take the suggestion of trying other types as a yes. So I will have to try that thank you!
In case trying a different kind doesn't work is there anyone else out there that no prenatal vitamins worked for you and if they didn't then what did you use?

When you take them, are you taking them after eating a meal? They can make you feel sick if you're trying to take them on an empty stomach.

If they still make you feel sick, I'm not really sure what to suggest. Maybe there is too much of something in them. If you can, maybe ask a doctor, or wait till you're pregnant when you'll see a doctor.

The good news is if you can't take them pre-pregnancy, it's not like your body won't be healthy enough. It's just good to supplement. From what I understand you take them in pregnancy so you can be supplemented the vitamins your baby takes from you - the baby will get all she/he needs. If you have a good diet, everything should be fine (shoot I had not the best diet and everything was still fine with baby). I'd focus on just eating healthy more than the vitamins.

That's very true, I can't keep any kind of pill down if I don't eat with it.

Another trick, since the prenatal vitamins are HUGE, is to cut it into thirds or quarters--the smaller pieces will make you less sick. You can even take the different pieces throughout the day, if that's easier.

I don't know what they are called or where you get them, but someone around here was taking some that dissolve under the tongue??

You might think about trying a just folic acid supplement. I think that's the super important pre-pregnancy thing...

Trader Joes has a nice folic acid supplement I was taking before I got pregnant - it was teeny tiny and dissolved under your tongue - really didn't have a taste either.

I agree. The folic acid is the most important unless your anemic then you need the iron too. I'm taking Vitamin C and Folic Acid right now, along with Iron..I was taking Prenatal Vitamins for a while, but they were making me sick..and if your losing weight because of throwing up so much, then their actually not helping you as much as they are hurting you. I'd definitley stop taking them for now.

I have had a lot of trouble with prenatals myself. I find I have had the best luck taking them at night. The first few yucky weeks of my pregnancy I couldn't take them at all, and my doctor told me to take the Flinstone chewable vitamins, and that they gave me the supplements I needed. They didn't taste near as good as I remembered as a child though . I don't know how all docs feel about those, but it probably wouldn't hurt asking.

OOOO good tip! the folic acids i'm taking make me sick, but so do the prenatal vitamins from trader joes.

The fist month I started taking folic acids with prenatals I acually thought i was pregnant because I was vomiting everything up

I started taking half a prenatal a day until my body got use to it then I started taking a full one. If I don't eat I still get a little sick. But nothing like before.