How to take prenatal vitamins with severe morning sickness
Large prenatal pills trigger a sensitive gag reflex and nausea during the first trimester, making them nearly impossible to swallow. This physical reaction prevents people from maintaining their daily nutrition routine when they need it most.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1Switching to prenatal gummies, chewable tablets, or powdered vitaminsDid this help you?
- 2Taking vitamins at night before bed instead of in the morningDid this help you?
- 3Consuming vitamins with applesauce or foodDid this help you?
- 4Taking vitamins every other day during severe nausea periodsDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Some mornings, I can barely look at the big pill without feeling a little sick.”source ↗
“I struggle to take pills in general and triggering my gag reflex during the first trimester was a nightmare.”source ↗
“Last pregnancy I took Thorne prenatals and they made me so sick.”source ↗
“The prenatal vitamins always made me feel... slimy but they were intolerable that first trimester.”source ↗
Where this came up
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