Prenatal vitamins for wls patients?
Hi gang. I've seen a few posters mention they take a prenatal multivitamin post-surgery. For those that do, what brand do you take? Was it specifically recommended by your local bariatric center?
I'm 3 weeks post-op, and am currently taking Celebrate bariatric chewable multivitamins. But they make me nauseous, sometimes to the point of throwing up. I threw them up again today and that was the last straw. I need to switch to something else.
My booklet also recommends "Centrum Select 50+ Chewables", with additional Vit B12, Calcium Citrate, VitD3, and Iron supplements. I don't mind taking the additional supplements, but the booklet warns the Centrum "isn't a complete multivitamin. Switch to a complete multivitamin after 2 months".
So I looked up the Centrum and the dosage amounts of the various vitamins are far less than what my booklet recommends. Why they recommend it as a multivit is beyond me.
Then I remembered some folks here take prenatal vitamins.
What prenatal vitamin do you take? Heck, what multivitamin, prenatal or not, do you take?
I should clarify I'm looking for a chewable.
Thanks!
Kara
Age: 43, Height: 5'8"
Highest Weight: 420; Opti Starting Weight: 395; Surgery Weight: 371;
Current Weight: 322.1; Goal Weight: 160
"Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful."
-Vincent Van Gogh
Thanks, Ginny. Would that be the Kirkland brand? Did you take a chewable the first couple of months post-op?
Kara
Age: 43, Height: 5'8"
Highest Weight: 420; Opti Starting Weight: 395; Surgery Weight: 371;
Current Weight: 322.1; Goal Weight: 160
"Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful."
-Vincent Van Gogh
I agree, I don't think the chewables are as good quality, plus they have a bunch of additives. Good idea with the pill cutter. Maybe I should consider that.
Kara
Age: 43, Height: 5'8"
Highest Weight: 420; Opti Starting Weight: 395; Surgery Weight: 371;
Current Weight: 322.1; Goal Weight: 160
"Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful."
-Vincent Van Gogh
The Jamieson Prenatal Multivitamin Chewables look okay. I found an old post from here where someone took one prenatal vitamin and one 50+ vitamin. I think I might try that. So my new vitamin regime until I reach 2 month's post-op will be:
1 Jamieson Prenatal Multivitamin Chewable
1 Centrum Select 50+ Chewable
2 Jamieson Megacal Chews
3 drops Lorna Vanderhaeghe Vit D drops 1,000iu per drop
2 Celebrate Iron + C chews (60mg iron)
1 Jamieson Chewable Vitamin C 500mg
Figuring this stuff out is not easy! At least not for me, I've always been bad at math, lol.
Kara
Age: 43, Height: 5'8"
Highest Weight: 420; Opti Starting Weight: 395; Surgery Weight: 371;
Current Weight: 322.1; Goal Weight: 160
"Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful."
-Vincent Van Gogh
Forgot the Jamieson B12 sublingual 1000mg. I need to draft myself a chart lol.
Kara
Age: 43, Height: 5'8"
Highest Weight: 420; Opti Starting Weight: 395; Surgery Weight: 371;
Current Weight: 322.1; Goal Weight: 160
"Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful."
-Vincent Van Gogh