Prenatal Vits

make sure you eat your protein first!! they can do a test to see where your actual protein levels are! i was getting at least 80mg a day and I still was reading way low. SO, you do what is best for you!! not by what someone on here "suggest".

Bottom line is that if you have questions about how much or what you should be taking, HAVE LABS DONE. TRACK your own lab results (don't rely on someone to just tell you everything is "fine" - get copies for yourself and keep track of things that may be trending up or down over time even if they're not technically yet high or low).

My NP said they would run labs twice throughout my pregnancy. Not a chance. I will be having labs drawn MONTHLY. If my OB refuses this, I have a very supportive PCP who will write me the lab orders if needed. Or I will switch to a different OB. There's not a chance I'm going to risk potentially going low on iron, calcium (err, high PTH, which most OBs won't even know to check), D, or anything else just because my OB won't test frequently enough and doesn't fully grasp the concept of malabsorption and prescribes me the same things as any other normal, non-surgically-alterred patient.

A-FRICKEN-MEN ! ! !

I don't even have to contend with malabsorption, and I demand that my labs be pulled more frequently. I see 2 separate ob's, one high risk, and then the on-base ob. They both have accommodated my requests. My PCM has called to check on me just to make sure all is going well. I've seen my surgeon for my 2 year follow up, and he pulled labs again.

I have been able to stay on my regular daily regimen in pregnancy with the only adjustment being they upped my b12 from 3-4 times a week, I now take it daily.

I love my doctors, really I do, but they are getting paid to take care of me, my needs, my wants and my developing baby. I demand higher levels of care than most, and have been deemed "high-maintenance". That's a nice way to say PAIN IN THE ASS PATIENT. I'll be a pain in the ass patient any day over being led blindly by medical professionals that are strictly going off what they do for every "other" pregnant woman.