Reddit reviews Rainbow Light Prenatal Petite Mini-Tab Multivitamin Plus Superfoods & Probiotics - Organic Daily Vitamin and Mineral Supplement for Mom & Baby, Folate, Iron, Gluten-Free, Vegetarian - 180 Mini-Tablets
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PETITE MINI TABS: Complete nutrition in small, easy to swallow tabletsGENTLE PRENATAL BLEND: Magnesium and potassium to ease discomfort, plus high potency vitamin B complex for energy, cell growth, stress and immune supportFOLIC ACID: Provides 800 micrograms, which promotes healthy brain and spinal developmentSUSTAINABLE PACKAGING: 100% Post-Consumer recycled and recyclable bottles that are BPA-free, we take a stand for more ocean, less plasticPURITY SAFEGUARD: Gluten and Dairy Free made with natural, purity tested ingredients and NO artificial preservatives, colors, flavors or sweeteners
I take the large version of Rainbow Light Prenatal but they also come in a "petite" size. You have to take 3 of them instead of 1 of the larger. http://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Light-Prenatal-Petite-180-Count/dp/B002CPRLH6
I have heard that the gummies aren't as effective so you may want to look into that claim before going that route BUT less effective is better than nothing.
Prenatal Vitamins. I have about a week or two left on my current bottle and currently cannot afford to purchase more. It's been a baaaaad month.
I was just posting about the Rainbow Light Minis. I'm a terrible pill-swallower, and these are a bit wider than a standard Tylenol. You just have to take 3 per day instead of one.
https://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Light-Prenatal-Petite-180-Count/dp/B002CPRLH6?th=1
The good news, for me anyway, is that if it get stuck or I just can't manage it, I can chew it. It tastes not so amazing, but it's doable for me. Once I'm pregnant? Oooo. Idk lol
Here is a picture with a tape measure for scale.
Rainbow Light also has mini prenatals for ladies who have trouble with larger pills. You do have to take more than one though. One of the amazon reviews for the mini prenatal includes pictures to show the size of the mini pill.
I will say that I've been taking the Rainbow Light prenatal for 10 months and I've very happy with them. Multivitamins tend to cause severe GI problems for me and for most of my life I've had a real tendency to get severe nausea about an hour after taking a multivitamin and then about half the time I'll throw it up. Multivitamins also tend to flare my Interstitial Cystitis. So far with the Rainbow Light prenatals I've had no nausea/vomiting/other GI issues and they haven't flared my IC. 9/10 definitely recommend. They do have vitamin D in the D2 form instead of D3. D2 is the vegetarian/vegan source but isn't quite as well utilized by the body. So if you tend to have low vitamin D levels you may want to supplement vitamin D with the prenatal. And it does have folic acid instead of folate. Otherwise it's pretty much my ideal prenatal.
I buy them on Amazon. The serving size to get the full dose is 3, and you can take them all at once or space them out. I love it. Here is the link.
She technically just told me to take folic acid or a prenatal vitamin (I edited my post to reflect that -- so sorry for the confusion). She said, "Folic acid is very important." After a bit of research I ended up purchasing [these] (http://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Light-Prenatal-Petite-180-Count/dp/B002CPRLH6) prenatal vitamins (because the amounts of each vitamin in them lined up with the recommendations that I found somewhere online (can't remember where right now...). I also purchased a [DHA supplement] (http://www.amazon.com/Wileys-Finest-Prenatal-Supplement-Softgels/dp/B00JGZJ3UI/ref=sr_1_1_s_it?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1457133060&sr=1-1&keywords=wiley%27s+dha) because that sounded important, too.
It may be worth talking to your doctor again about how soon prior to trying to get pregnant she/he recommends starting to take supplements. This was the first time I've seen this particular doctor, but she seemed fairly knowledgeable. One of the reviews that I read on Amazon said that her doctor recommended starting prenatal vitamins only one month prior to trying to get pregnant.
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Here's a pill size comparison: Amazon
I've been taking Rainbow Light Embrace Prenatal 35+ this pregnancy. I take the age-specific version, but they sell regular one-a-day prenatals and even a mini pill version.
Pros: it's been easy on my stomach even without food, it's vegetarian and food-based, and it has loads of 'extras' in it like digestive probiotics.
Cons: have to take 3 a day (for the 35+ version) and it's not the cheapest prenatal you can buy.
In my first pregnancy I took a prescription chewable prenatal that I couldn't take without food because it made me nauseous.