Prenatal Vitamins.

I was pregnant for 11 weeks before i found out i miscarried. i took my prenatal vitamins everyday and they made me feel great. after i miscarried i thought id keep taking them cuz, i dont know, vitamins are good and they make me feel good. anyways. i heard that you should never take them if your pregnant. i think its b.s. but who knows. anyways can they really hurt you if u take them while not pregnant or is it harmless.

The prenatals are for women who are Bfing, pregnant, or TTC. I think a daily multivitamin might be better if you're just wanting a daily vitamin.

I'm TTC and I take prenatal vitamins cause I'm supposed to

If you aren't TTC though maybe you should switch to a regular multi-vitamin. Same vitamins and effect.

well... i took them while I was TTC...

i don't think there is harm in taking them if your not pg... IMO

I've never heard that. I've heard the opposite actually. If you want your hair and nails to grow beautifully, take prenatal vitamins, even if you're not pregnant...

I really dont see what harm they can do if you continue to take them

It is bad, you can poison yourself. Especailly with Iron, take a centrum or womans daily they r the best. (Im a semester away from RN  

Quoting Chauna:“ It is bad, you can poison yourself. Especailly with Iron, take a centrum or womans daily they r the best. (Im a semester away from RN  ”

You cant poison yourself with prenatals...

Quoting Chauna:“ It is bad, you can poison yourself. Especailly with Iron, take a centrum or womans daily they r the best. (Im a semester away from RN  ”

Well I'm not pregnant but I was told by doctors that I should take prenatal vitamins. What if it takes me a long time to conceive? How could I be poisoned when the doctors tell me to take it? I'm confused.

Quoting MamaWannabe! {BBB}:“ Well I'm not pregnant but I was told by doctors that I should take prenatal vitamins. What if it takes ... [snip!] ... What if it takes me a long time to conceive? How could I be poisoned when the doctors tell me to take it? I'm confused.”

there is a condition that can occur if you take too much iron. I cant remeber what its called off the topof my head. I will get out my books tomorrow and do some extensive research for you. But if doc said its ok, then Im sure you dont have anything strange going on and what you dont need you will just poop out!! They have a hell of a lot more education than I do LOL!

Quoting *Brenna*:“ I've never heard that. I've heard the opposite actually. If you want your hair and nails to grow beautifully, take prenatal vitamins, even if you're not pregnant...”

I heard the same thing. I also heard that you should take them if you are planning on becoming prego.

I've heard a LOT of dr's recommending any woman of childbearing age should take a prental just in case- unless you're definitely not able to have kids, then don't worry about it. Most daily mutilvitamins don't have the folic acid and it's most important before you even know you're preg.

Plus a lot of the vitamins you take the vitiamin/ mineral formula isn't easily absorbable, so you end up peeing a lot of the 'vitamin' out so taking high doses or iron, etc, usually doesn't cause a problem becasue your body can't absorb most of what's in the pill.