Week 13
The midwife at my booking appointment told me to stop taking Folic Acid and replace with Pregnacare vitamins, so I did as I was told. A week after taking them I began suffering from horrendous constipation, heartburn and indigestion. I couldn't put my finger on what had caused it, I kept eating foliage, figs, prunes, anything to get my 'functions' moving, but no luck!
After speaking with a couple of friends and a little research on some chat rooms (chat rooms are great if used correctly! Great for bits of information but don't read too much into what everyone else is going through as it can freak you out!). Anyway..... a few people seem to have had the same symptoms whilst taking Pregnacare and after a bit more research it turns out that my symptoms could be caused by too much iron (which pregnacare contain). I thought I would give it a break from them for a bit and see what happens... anyway, bingo, after 3 days I felt back to normal, woo hoo!
I haven't been taking any other vitamins in place since. I see the midwife for my 16 wk soon so I will speak to her about it and see what she recommends.
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