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The short answer is no, your prenatal may not even be sufficient during the prenatal period. Did you know that new research suggests that pregnant women should be taking in 4000IU of vitamin D, and lactating women should be consuming 6400IU? Most prenatal vitamins only contain 400IU. Furthermore, many prenatal and postnatal vitamins do not contain important nutrients like choline and selenium.
Notice that many of the nutrients are higher during lactation! This is because not only are you transferring your nutrients to your baby through breastmilk, you are also replenishing your stores. During pregnancy, your body (it’s amazing) gives preference to the fetus and will give it all of the nutrients it needs and can deplete your stores if your diet and prenatal vitamin are not sufficient.
OTHER INGREDIENTS: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Hypromellose, Croscarmellose Sodium, Gelatin,
Acacia, Maltodextrin, Titanium Dioxide, Talc, Triacetin, Starch, Magnesium Stearate, Dicalcium Phosphate,
Mineral Oil, Sucrose, Silica, Sodium Ascorbate, Triglycerides, FD&C Red #40 Lake, FD&C Yellow #6 Lake,
Tocopherols, Sodium Benzoate, Sorbic Acid, Tricalcium Phosphate, BHT and Ascorbyl Palmitate.
Just because something is prescribed to you, just because it is free, does not mean that it is good for you. Nourishing yourself and your baby during the postpartum period (AND PRENATAL) is not the time to mess around with unsafe ingredients.
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If you would like one on one help to find the right postnatal vitamin for YOU, since everyone’s nutrients needs vary based on their diet, contact me today and I’ll assess your diet and help you find a pre/postnatal vitamin!
Here is a side by side of a prenatal vitamin and postnatal vitamin:
