HELLLLLLLLOOO!!!!

It's official! WE'RE PREGGO! :) We are due in July! My husband and I got married in May, and I have 2 boys (8 and 10) from a previous marriage, my hubby has no biological children of his own. This is so exciting for us!

I do have ALOT of ?'s about pregnancy post RNY. Im going to try not to throw them atcha all at once though. Lol.

My biggest concern is Vitamins. I have not seen my OB yet. His office called, confirmed the pregnancy, scheduled my first ob visit with sono in January, and called in a script for prenatal vitamins. And said that I only need to take that one pill for my pregnancy.

This is what is in this script:

Vit A- 4,000 IU
Vit c- 120 mg
vit d3- 400IU
vit E- 22mg
vit b1- 1.84 mg
b2- 3mg
niacin- 20mg
b6-10mg
folic acid- 1mg
b12-12micrograms
calcium-200mg
iron-27mg
zinc- 25mg
copper- 2mg

Being an RNY-er, and given the malabsorption issues... Im concerned! Do I double up or what? Ive put a call into my nutritionist, but shes out untill after Thanksgiving, so I was hoping those of you who have been in my shoes can help!

Thanks guys! And thanks for welcoming me to this board!

Jen

My OB told me to take the prenatal, continuie my b12, iorn, and one calcuim (i take 3 per day) as extra. Good questions though cause doc told me that too much vitamin a is VERY bad for baby and can cause birth defects.... he is going to send me to the vampires again in 1 month to check my vitamin levels and see if this is a good combo for me.... i have RNY but at 75 instead of 150 because i was only just over the BMI to qualify for surgery so i dont have as much malabsorption issues as others with RNY might. I think my docs idea is good though since everyone is different. If they say to go with the one pill a day then go for it but ask them to run your blood at your next visit to check your vitamin levels. Then you'll know if you need to add in some more supplements.....

best wishes!!!!
Tami

Thank you so much! It seems like a mini baby boom here, with so many of us due in July! I guess we all know what we like to do in the fall! Lol. :)

Jen

this is what i do... i still take everything... execpt my multi.. ive replaced that by my prenatal

Just wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS!!
Beth

Congrats Jen!!!  Happy and Healthy 9 Months too you!!!  We have the same due date, I just found out yesterday.  LOL  So cool!  I take 2 prenatals, 2 Iron Sulfate, 2 Vitamin C's, 1 B12 Sublingual (under the tongue) and my metformin ( for my PCOS).  This all seems to work for me, I am not on any calcium supplements as I drink and eat so much dairy, I have told hubby it may be worth while buying the cow....LMAO

Oh how neat that we share a due date! Do you have any other children?

Congratulations, Jen!  I hope you have a happy and healthy pregnancy and I look forward to sharing in your journey.

Hugs,

Thanks for everyones good wishes! Im so excited and happy! At first when no one replied, I thought my post was too long! LOL! Thanks for getting back to me, and sorry for being such a board hog last night! :)

Unless I missed it, I would hold off on sending boy things until you find out for sure!  It took hubby and I changing partners to get our boy...so here is to boy baby dust if that is what you want!

Congrts
Laura