prenatal vitamins

i love taking my mini- multi but my doctor said it has too much vitamin a  for thre baby it only has 5000iu doctor said  taking too much can cause birth defects. have any of you heard that? i have a hard time with chewables and swallowing big pills
so if anyone can give some ideas on what you take
thanks

Cloveparis - your doctor is right. Vitamin A (in too great amounts) can be very dangerous for your baby. There are liquid prenatals available... that's what I have been taking :) Best of luck on your journey!

What KIND of vitamin A is it? Palmitate or retinol are the ones that can be dangerous - if some or all of it is from beta carotene, that's fine and harmless.

Also, the studies I've seen on this topic discuss amounts like 20,000IUs of supplemented vit A daily, not 5,000IUs, and that's in normal women with no malabsorption. I might start out by having your vitamin A level checked - if you're on the high end, then safe to change/cut back, but if not, I would stick with what you're doing.

the package says vitamin A ( as beta carotene)  so do you know if thats ok?

Beta carotene is fine - not harmful. I would still have your vitamin A level tested, though, when you have labs run because beta carotene requires conversion in the body to become useful vitamin A, and that conversion, I believe, happens in the duodenum, which is fully bypassed in RNY, so you want to kep an eye on your A level from becoming deficient.

I take Vitafol. Prescribed by my OB/Gyn.