Q&A: Common Questions About Prenatal Vitamins

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Newborn, Parent, Homebirth, Vbac, Kids & Family, Doula, Firsttimemom, Midwife, Pregnancy, Doctor, Parenting, Pregnant, Vanessamerten, Physician, Csection, Prenatalcare, Breastfeeding, Naturalbirth, Nursing, Birthcenter, Family, Baby, Hospitalbirth, Health, Obgyn, Research, Trimester, Expecting, Labor, Mom, Diet, Dad, Birth

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🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 18 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 Mert.
0:07.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In today's episode, we're
0:17.0	covering several questions about prenatal vitamins. You probably know that taking a prenatal vitamin during pregnancy is important, but there's a little bit more to it than just that simple advice.
0:30.0	I have received several questions in the last week about prenatal vitamins.
0:35.0	Questions like, when should you start taking a prenatal? Is it really that different from a
0:40.3	multivitamin? What can you do if you have trouble swallowing pills or your prenatal is giving
0:46.3	you nausea? And how long should you continue taking a prenatal after you have your baby? In this episode we're going to answer all of those
0:54.8	questions and more and we're also going to get a little bit into folate versus
0:59.7	folic acid and supplementing with iron. You can find the complete transcript and all of the
1:06.7	resources for this episode at pregnancy podcast. com slash Vitamin Questions.
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1:20.0	to the last year of episodes.
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1:29.0	Plus you're going to get access to the back catalog,
1:32.6	which includes hundreds of episodes,
1:35.1	exclusive to pregnancy podcast premium listeners.
1:39.4	Check out pregnancy podcast premium
1:41.9	at pregnancy podcast.com
1:45.0	slash premium.
1:47.0	The Zoller prenatal plus DHA is my number one recommendation for a high quality
1:52.4	vitamin. Of course that's the topic of
1:54.8	today's episode but Zeller has been a partner of this podcast for many years so
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