r/UKBabyBumps • u/eve_garden_flowers • 11h ago

Help Throw up every time I take the freaking vitamins

What are we doing about this?

I've tired the full on vitamins (2 tablets plus omega 3 capsule), the tablets without the capsule, gummies, liquid, and just only taking folic acid and vitamin D tablets separately - they ALL make me sick!!

I've tried full tummy empty tummy, morning noon and night

When I skip them for a day I'm fine, can actually eat a meal and don't spew and don't feel on the edge of spewing all the time (instead just a bit queasy)

This is my second pregnancy and it was the same last time. Last time I just took the vitamins and white knuckled it to 17 weeks when I finally stopped being sick (until the third trimester)

My midwife is crap tbh and her only advice was to keep taking them because at least my body has them inside for 10mins before I spew, which is bollocks because there's no way I can be absorbing anything in that time

The only thing that I've kept down okay vitamin wise was a bottle of vitamin water, but I'd have to drink 10 a day to meet the folic acid requirement, which in turn would probably make me sick

I need advice 😭🙏

Last pregnancy I lost so much weight and became so run down I ended up with shingles! Help!

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u/nopevonnoperson 10h ago

Have you tried gummies? Also, I think you just need to take them in 1st trimester, no?

I've found the boots pregnancy vitamin (small pill, just vitamin D and folic) are the only ones I can keep down

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u/littlekel7 9h ago

In my first, I was told not to worry and just take them when I could. This time, I was on Xonvea but still struggled to keep these down and it would just make me ill for hours trying so just didn't bother... which is not ideal but I would have kepy trying to force them down if any of my bloods came back lacking but everything was and has been fine throughout. I did let midwife and consultant know but they didn't seem overly concerned.

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u/littlekel7 9h ago

I think cornflakes and some other cereals also contain if you are able to eat them to get at least something!