Prenatal vitamins for wls patients?
I just bought some! I was going to get some of the Centrum 50+ too, but the picture on the bottle looked exactly like the Celebrate vitamins and just the look of it made me feel ill. So I stuck with the Jamieson Prenatal. The apple cranberry smells pretty nice.
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
Checked with dietitian at TWH and she said they do not have the Jamieson prenatal chew (cranberry apple) on our list because it is too low in vitamin A.
~ j.
My Journey: Oct 2017 Referred to Ontario Bariatric Network by Family Doctor; Nov 2017 Received letter from Toronto Western; Jan 2018 Orientation @TWH; Mar 2018 Social Worker and Nurse Assessments (Telemedicine/Telehealth); Apr 2018 Nutrition Class @TWH; Jul 2018 Psychologist Assessment (Telemedicine/Telehealth); Aug 2018 Dietitian (Telemedicine/Telehealth); Jan 11 2019 Meet the Surgeon; March Scheduled surgery changed to Jan 29 2019 ( VSG )
I also found wrapping my head around the vitamins to be quite challenging. It took me a while to figure it out. I don't take any chewable so not sure I can help. I do find the pills easier to swallow than I used to.
Like several other posters, i take the prenatal from Costco. In fact, i get all my vitamins at Costco.
Good luck!
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Opti -10 / M1 -25.5 / M2 -10 / M3 -14.5 / M4 -13 / M5 -10 / M6 -5.5 / M7 -9.5 / M8 -13.5 / M9 -0.5 / M10 -2.5 / M11 -2.5 / M12 +2 / M13 -5.5
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Thank you!
I need to utilize my Costco membership more. I'm not always so keen on shopping there, because it's always so crowded and I get overwhelmed by all the choice. Not to mention my sugar addict brain goes bananas at the sight of boxes of cookies the size of a refrigerator. I think learning to shop at Costco and not losing my mind will be an important part of my wl journey
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 ability to buy Premiere Protein is the reason I got a membership in the first place. Then it turned out I have an allergy to cow's whey protein! Grrrr.
Lots of good stuff still to be had at Costco, though.
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 just got back from Costco (Ancaster) and they now have caramel flavoured Premier Protein.
Barb
Referred May 2016, Orientation July 4, 2016, Pre-Nutrition Class March 31, 2017, Nurse April 10, 2017, Blood work/ECG April 13, 2017, Ultra-sound April 27, 2017, Psychologist May 30, 2017, Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy June 5, 2017, Internist June 13, 2017, Dietician June 14, 2017, 2nd Round of blood work August 2, 2017, Surgeon September 6, 2017, Surgery September 12, 2017 - St. Joe's Hamilton - No Opti
Height 5"4" HW 231 SW222 CW141
PreOp-9 lbs M1-20lbs M2-11lbs M3-13lbs M4-7lbs M5-8lbs M6-7lbs M7-5lbs M8-5lbs M9-2lbs M10-0lbs M11 - 0lbs M12 - 0lbs