Many women are either confused about what to look for in fertility vitamins or they don’t see the need to take vitamins at all. Let me take some time to explain why vitamin supplements are necessary in order to increase your fertility as well as why prenatal vitamins are necessary prior to and during pregnancy for you and your unborn child. Most women don’t get the vitamins and minerals needed from the food they eat from day to day. We would have to eat a whole lot of fruits, vegetables, meats, and grains in order to get the balance of vitamins and minerals that our bodies need to thrive and be our healthiest.
Women’s vitamins are especially important when a woman is trying to conceive and during pregnancy. These are specifically called prenatal vitamins.
Prenatal vitamins supply a rich assortment of vitamins and minerals to help a woman conceive and bring forth a healthy baby. These vitamins and minerals are necessary to help keep our hormones balanced and our nervous system running smoothly as well as keeping all our organs functioning optimally.
Let me stress – We all need to take a multivitamin and multi mineral supplement to make up for what is lacking in the food we eat. Even the best diet in the world will not give you all the nutrients you need for your best chance at getting pregnant and bringing forth an optimally healthy child.
So what do you look for? What are the qualities of the best fertility vitamins and prenatal vitamin supplements?
Well, I’m no expert. But I can tell you what I took that helped me to be more fertile and energetic and have a trouble-free pregnancy. I looked into several prenatal vitamins before choosing what I believe to be the best multi vitamin supplement that’s all natural and made from organically-grown plant compounds (see below). The other prenatal vitamins were synthetically made with artificial coloring.
I also ate lots of fruits and vegetables and drank a lot of purified water. (See my Preconception page for more on this.) Make sure your multivitamin has at least 400 mcg of folic acid (I took 800 mcg daily) in order to prevent neural tube defects in your unborn baby. This neural tube develops within the first month of life, so it’s important to get enough folic acid before you get pregnant.
* Remember that even the best multi vitamin supplement won’t replace eating a healthy diet with lots of fruits, vegetables, dairy products, grains, meats, and drinking lots of purified water. Both a healthy diet and a great multi vitamin supplement are needed to increase your fertility and ensure that you have a healthy pregnancy.
Sally Moran
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Do prenatal vitamins help with fertility?
I have heard that taking prenatal vitamins can help with people getting pregnant. I have been taking folic acid for the past 3 weeks, and just got prenatal vitamins and started taking those instead, just wondering if anyone has used those and had success, or felt that they influenced them getting pregnant. Thanks and lots of baby dust!
Its not that it helps you get pregnant at all. It does not. It will help your body have all the vitamins and nutrients it needs in case you do get pregnant. Which is helpful b/c you will not know you are pregnant for the first month.
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no it wont help u get pregnant SORRY but if u do get pregnant it will help u and ur baby alot
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Iam TTC. I too am taking folic acid and vitamins. These do not help a person to get pregnant. But once u conceive, it helps in keeping the pregnancy. Folic acid is basically necessary for the developemnt of the spine of the chilld which happens in the initial 17- 20 days of conceiving. Hence u r supposed to take folic acid if TTC. So u r on the right track. Continue the good work ..:-)
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Yes they do, and they increase your chances as much as 40%. That’s why doctors recommend you to take prenatal vitamins before trying to conceive, in case your body is lacking of vitamins and minerals that might be weakening your body making it difficult to get pregnant.
Therefore, it is highly recommended to take prenatal vitamins before, during and after pregnancy. Prenatal vitamins are not only good for the baby, but good for you too, so both mommy and baby benefit from it. Also one of the great things a lot of women say is that their hair becomes more luminous and their finger nails grow faster and stronger after a while, how about that as a bonus eh?
I’ve been taking prenatal vitamins for 3 months (before trying to conceive this month for the first time) and was supposed to get my period on the 15th, but still no period… I will test next week to find out if I’m really pregnant, I think I am but just in case I’ll wait about a week.
Good luck to you and let me recommend you ‘Duet DHA ec’ prenatal vitamins which also contain an additional Fish Oil capsule (which helps you to increase your chances to get pregnant).
Take care and baby dust to you too!
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