Taking prenatal vitamins into your nutritional regimen during pregnancy is  the best way to support your vitamin and nutrient intake that is often lacking in the food we consume.

Prenatal vitamins help support a healthy pregnancy and helps to replenish the vitamin stores that are depleted through breastfeeding.

Prenatal vitamins are larger and more difficult to swallow. Most of the time, prenatal vitamins are known to cause stomach upset especially when there are several pills in one serving.

If you are finding it hard to take prenatal vitamins, there are other ways  just as effective in providing the body with the nutrients you and your baby need.

Other types of prenatal vitamins

Gummy prenatal vitamins

The soft and chewy prenatal vitamins provides you with many of the nutrients you need during pregnancy. These prenatal vitamins  are especially helpful in the first trimester for women who battle nausea and constipation.

Most dummies however lack 2 important nutrients – iron and calcium. Women who take these gummies should supplement with additional sources of iron and calcium so that they don’t end up being deficient in these important vitamins.

Calcium can make the absorption of iron more difficult so it is therefore important to take one supplement in the morning and the other at night.

Gummies prenatal also have a higher sugar content than  the regular prenatal vitamin so women watching their sugar levels should be cautious.

Protein Shake Prenatal Vitamins

This prenatal vitamin is in the form of a protein shake . Its an easier way of getting your vitamins while at the sometime supporting your protein needs.

Vegan and vegetarian women in particular  may benefit greatly from supplementing with prenatal vitamins in the form of a protein shake to help them maintain their daily protein requirements.

Drink/ Beverage Prenatal Vitamins

One of the easiest forms of supplementing with prenatal vitamins may very well be when they’re consumed as a beverage.

These prenatal vitamins are useful for women with sensitive gag reflexes and first-trimester nausea.  They  usually come in a powdered form that dissolves quickly in water or any beverage of choice. Its usually available in one -serving packets.