Prenatal/Potassium question

[annettemarie]

I'm having a lot of issues at the end of this pregnancy. When they did my bloodwork, my potassium was low. I checked my prenatal (Perfect Prenatal) and it looks like there's no potassium in it? Is this typical, or do other prenatals contain potassium? Also, besides eating bananas, what can I do to get my potassium level up?

[Max'sMama]

1 serving of dried apricot halves (10 of them) is 407 mg of potassium.

1 cup of cooked beets is 519 mg.

1 cup lima beans 900 + mg.

Baked potatoes with skin, no salt, can be 1000+ mg (depending on potato size).

1 cup of Oat Bran is 500+mg.

1 cup of canned carrot juice is almost 700 mg.

[annettemarie]

You're awesome!

I love beets. Would canned beets work? And we have a Wendy's down the street where I can get baked potatoes. I'm not doing too much cooking lately.

[Knittin Mama]

Apples, Apricots, Bananas, Brazil Nuts, Brown Rice, Cantaloupe, Figs, Honeydew, Kiwi, Legumes, Lima beans, Milk, Oranges, Orange Juice, Peaches, Potatoes, Prunes, Rasins, Roasted Peanuts with skin, Spinach, Squash, Vegetable Juices, Wheat Bread, White Rice, Winter Squash, Yogurt

Tomatoes, milk products, avocados, meats, potato, celery

Carrots, broccoli, rasins, prunes, watermelon,

Fish: Cod, flounder, sardines, salmon, poultry: chicken, turkey are high potassium foods.

Hamburger, grains such as bran and wheat.

Artichoke, Asparagus, Broccoli, Cabbage, Corn, Dates, Green Beans, Green Peppers, Iceburg Letttuce, Kidney Beans, Onions, Papayas, Parsley, Pumpkin, Peas, Romaine Lettuce, Strawberries, Sweet Potato. Note that potassium is found in the skin of many vegetables.

Just grabbed a quick list for ya, mine (whole foods 365 brand) 10mg as potassium citrate. Hope this helps

[wholebreath]

Just checked my prenatal (rainbow light) and it only has 10mg as well. Must be hard to get into a tablet.

[annettemarie]

Well, it was pretty miserable taking the horse pills they gave me at the hospital, but better than staying overnight for an IV.

Sigh. Just a few more weeks.