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Vitamins?
Hi Ladies,
I know about folic acid and im taking morrisons own at the moment.
But i was wondering do the ttc vitamins u can get have anything else in them to help with ttc?
also should hubby be taking something? as i have seen his and hers ones in boots?
what do u take?
Thank you xxxx
I know about folic acid and im taking morrisons own at the moment.
But i was wondering do the ttc vitamins u can get have anything else in them to help with ttc?
also should hubby be taking something? as i have seen his and hers ones in boots?
what do u take?
Thank you xxxx
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I have been taking Folic Acid but i read somewhere that you can get pregnacare tablets that both male and female can take. I ordered some off ebay for ??12 and jsut waiting for them to arrive and going to switch to them also gives hubby vital vitimains to help TTC.
Lisa x x x
They are currently 3 for 2 in tesco, i got 3 months supply for ??8. Not bad.
xxx
http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthydiet/nutritionessentials/vitaminsandminerals/vitamina/
and u'll find this section of the Food Standards website particulalry helpful
http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/agesandstages/pregnancy/
'It is highly unlikely that you will overdose on vitamin A. Prenatal vitamins are developed using a safe dosage. The additional amount of vitamin A in your diet is most likely in the form of beta-carotene, which does not act the same way in the body (from a toxicity standpoint) as preformed vitamin A, and therefore will not contribute to the level of preformed vitamin A retained in your body.
Vitamin A is required for growth, for cellular differentiation, and for the normal development of fetuses. Signs of toxicity usually appear only after sustained daily intakes exceeding 50,000 IU in adults. These doses are more than 10 times higher than the RDA and usually cannot be obtained from foods, except by the ingesting large amounts of liver or fish liver oils which are especially rich in vitamin A. Notice how much vitamin A is in your supplement, and if that is not more than 100% of the RDA, and if you are not eating lots of liver and fish oil, than you can rest assured that you are not overdosing on Vitamin A.'
I took my normal multi vitamin to the doc when I was PG and she said it was perfectly fine to take as it had the correct amount of everything in it inc. folic acid (the vit A in it was only 3500iu) - that was mine though and I would check your's with your doc. to make sure they are happy for you to take it. I have seen various pre conception vitamins, I am not sure really how legit they are though, but I know they say take your folic acid before and during. Fertilaid is one I have seen for men and women, I haven't tried it myself though. I am guessing a good healthy diet and taking a mulit vit. would go along way to help!