RE: vitamins during pregnancy

[Guest guest]

Hi Huria,

 

Congratulations! I just wanted to mention that taking your vitamins before

you go to sleep at night may help with the nausea they cause. I have been

pregnant or breastfeeding for almost 7 years straight now, and I have only

been able to stomach my vitamin this way, regardless of whether I'm

suffering from pregnancy " morning " sickness or not. Also, there are studies

that show that the baby may not get B-12 from the mother's stores but only

from her intake during pregnancy, so don't skip your B-12 if you can manage

to get it in. Dietary sources include fortified nutritional yeast (great

sprinkled on popcorn!), fortified cereals and soymilks.

 

Melanie Wilson, Owner/Editor

Vegetarian Baby & Child Magazine

www.vegetarianbaby.com

editor

 

> Hi all,

>

> my name's Huria (that's my nick, my real name's Jakqui) and I'm almost 20

> weeks pregnant with my first baby. (Baby is due late May). I live

> in Wales,

> UK and am married to my husband Andrej.

>

> I hope you don't mind me asking about something that's really

> been playing on

> my mind.

>

> I wanted to ask the group members, especially vegan ones, whether

> they took

> folic acid and B12

> during pregnancy, especially before pregnancy and during first 12

> weeks. The

> reason I ask is because in first 12 weeks I had ongoing nausea and my

> nutrition wasn't amazing (although had a lot of fruit) because I went off

> nearly all foods. I had the B-complex vitamin tablets, but to

> even put one of

> those yucky tasting pills in my mouth for an instant was too much to bear

> most of the time, so I didn't take them that often. I wanted to

> know if any

> of you (or if you know of others similarly) had a similar

> experience where

> you didn't take the folic acid and B12 during those first weeks

> and whether

> your babies were healthy? I'm a bit paranoid that because of not

> taking the

> vitamins I might now have a baby with disabilities, like a NTD.

> It would be

> reassuring to know that babies coming from a similar scenario were born

> healthy, but equally I would like to hear if that wasn't the

> case. I'm due to

> have my 20 week scan next Thursday, I was going to try and avoid

> having it,

> like I did the 15 week scan (due to hearing of suspected risks to

> babies from

> ultrasound) but now am feeling so nervous about the above that I'm

> considering having it.

>

> Kindest Best Wishes,

>

> Huria

>