Perfect Prenatal Vitamins, Organic Prenatal Vitamins, Non-GMO Ingredients for Healthy Baby & Mom - Folate (Methylfolate), Iron, Vitamin D3, Fermented with Whole Foods and Probiotic, 192 count

As an expectant father, I was very happy to find out my wife and I are expecting a baby next spring. As a loving husband and future-parent, I wanted the BEST for my child. But because I am new to fatherhood, I went to Google to search for the BEST prenatal vitamin for my wife. Of all the ones that came up via several parenting sites and forums, New Chapter was one of the top ones on everyone's list. The only place that had them locally was Whole Foods. While I normally don't shop there, Whole Foods are extremely health-focused, so it made sense to look to compare what they had. After 45 minutes of sitting on the floor comparing the ingredients of all their prenatal vitamins, one gentleman with his wife (who looked like she was about to pop) picked these up. I asked him why he chose those over the other various brands available at Whole Foods and he said it was the only one that didn't make his wife sick and he said she tried all of them. He also said that these were made of whole foods, so it's good for her. In addition to what that guy said, of all the ones at Whole Foods, these were the only ones that didn't have any fish-related ingredients. Anything fish-based makes my wife EXTREMELY nauseous. Then we went to our doctor for our first visit after her pregnancy test. I showed our doctor the prenatal vitamins and she said these were good BUT we needed DHA for our baby's development. Rather than buying a whole new prenatal vitamin with DHA, we decided to keep taking these since we knew it didn't make my wife sick (even on an empty stomach). I went back to Whole Foods to look for a DHA supplement. Of all the ones at Whole Foods, the only one that wasn't fish-based was Spectrum Essentials Prenatal DHA Softgels, 200 mg SoftGels, 60 Count Bottle . My wife absolutely adores both the Spectrum DHA and New Chapter prenatal vitamins. By taking both, we have the peace of mind that these two supplements are providing everything that our baby needs and my wife is EXTREMELY happy that she is able to take both pills, even on an empty stomach and have no sickness/nausea whatsoever. There is no bad taste and the smell of these pills are actually pleasing. Icing on the cake is that my wife's skin and nails grow EXTREMELY fast. While I wouldn't think that as a pro, she loves it. Having gone through an entire first bottle already, when i went back to Whole Foods, I was alarmed to see that they were $65 (I bought them on sale last with the initial purchase). I ended up buying our 2nd batch of pills through Amazon, which had them for nearly half the price.

I've been taking this prenatal multivitamin almost continuously since the pre-conception season of my first child - which means, for nearly five years. It has supported me through three pregnancies and lactation periods. I believe that you can't out-supplement a poor diet. Even though this is a high quality vitamin, I know that I have to eat well to fully nourish myself and my growing baby. As a Weston A Price mama, I carefully follow this diet: http://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/diet-for-pregnant-and-nursing-mothers/ Still, there are times when I don't feel well enough to eat as much protein as I should, or days when we eat out, or a weekend when we visit family and gratefully accept whatever is on the menu. For those days, I'm especially thankful for this vitamin. Okay, so there have been times when I felt like I should be fine without taking a prenatal multi because of my good diet, so I purposefully stopped taking them. Within a week, I could feel the difference. Other times, I wanted to try a different brand; the other brand didn't nearly satisfy my feeling of well being. In general, the obvious signs of doing well on this multivitamin include strong nails and thick hair, even in the postpartum period; clear, bright skin; energy; good sleep, etc. This vitamin, combined with a great, clean diet, works really well for me! Here is how I take it: With a glass of fresh milk, before each meal - one with breakfast, lunch, and supper (3 pills a day). More good news: I've never had an upset stomach from taking this multi and it's not hard to swallow. I'm due in about 3 months, and at that time, I'm looking forward to trying the new Perfect Postnatal Multivitamin: http://www.newchapter.com/moms/perfect-postnatal In sum, give this multivitamin a try! It's worth the price.

I absolutely love these prenatal vitamins! Originally I was using Rainbow One prenatal vitamins prior to becoming pregnant. Rainbow One is much more affordable and has a fairly good ingredient profile. However, it was always my plan to switch to the New Chapter Perfect Prenatal once I found out I was pregnant. I feel like for 9 months, I can afford this multivitamin. The ingredient profile is incredible! So far I am really enjoying these! They do not cause any discomfort and I have not had any nausea during my pregnancy thus far. At first I was hesitant to taking 3 pills each day, but I've found that taking 2 in the morning and 1 at night works for me. I never forget to take the morning pills, and have a reminder on my phone for the evening pill. Taking one at lunch just doesn't work for my schedule. With the Rainbow One prenatal vitamin, I did notice my urine was a bright, neon yellow after taking the vitamin. This can be from an excess of vitamin B that your body can't absorb, so it excretes it in your urine. With the New Chapter prenatal vitamin this is not the case. Perhaps this is because I spread the vitamins out throughout the day, or because it is a higher quality vitamin. Regardless, it assures me that my body is absorbing the nutrients appropriately and nothing is going to waste. With this being said, I can see myself going back to the Rainbow One prenatal vitamins once our baby arrives, as I'm not sure we can afford this price tag during nursing. I eat an extremely healthy diet, so I may even go off prenatal vitamins entirely at that time.