Q&A: Common Questions About Prenatal Vitamins
Pregnancy Podcast
Vanessa Merten
4.5 • 970 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
You probably know that taking a prenatal vitamin during pregnancy is important, but there's more to it than just that simple advice. I've received a lot of questions recently, including: When should you start taking a prenatal vitamin? Is a prenatal really that different from a multivitamin? What can you do if you have trouble swallowing pills or experience nausea? And how long should you continue taking one after having your baby? Tune in to this episode to get answers to these essential questions and more, and ensure you and your baby are getting the right nutrients at the right time.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton. |
| 0:10.7 | Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. |
| 0:15.3 | In today's episode, we're covering several questions about prenatal vitamins. |
| 0:20.7 | You probably know that taking a prenatal vitamin during pregnancy is important, |
| 0:25.5 | but there's a little bit more to it than just that simple advice. |
| 0:29.5 | I have received several questions in the last week about prenatal vitamins. |
| 0:35.2 | Questions like, when should you start taking a prenatal? Is it really that |
| 0:39.5 | different from a multivitamin? What can you do if you have trouble swallowing pills or your |
| 0:45.6 | prenatals giving you nausea? And how long should you continue taking a prenatal after you have your |
| 0:51.5 | baby? In this episode, we're going to answer all of those questions |
| 0:55.4 | and more, and we're also going to get a little bit into folate versus folic acid and supplementing |
| 1:02.1 | with iron. You can find the complete transcript and all of the resources for this episode at |
| 1:09.4 | Pregnancypodcast.com slash vitamin questions. |
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| 1:39.2 | about doing this podcast is that I spend so much time researching, digging through evidence, going down all the |
| 1:47.1 | rabbit holes so that you don't have to. Whatever you're looking for more information on, |
| 1:53.1 | whether it's a pregnancy symptom, or if you're debating about including something in your |
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