Chewable Prenatals?

I take Rainbow Light Nutri-Stars. They aren't a pre-natal, but a children's chewable (food based). I take 2 a day. My stomach can't take the iron in the regular pre-natals.

My midwife was ok with it and when I had my iron levels checked, they were fine.

Hope that helps!

Have you tried putting your regular prenatal in a spoonful of applesauce, then following with a water chaser? I couldn't take pills for YEARS and never tried the applesauce thing as I was sure it wouldn't work. Finally tried it in my late 20s and wa-la! No problem! Easy as pie, I swear! I still do this. : When I travel, I take the little applesauce single serve cups!

You don't even need to cut them in half this way, really! Just get a glass of water, your applesauce (I personally like the consistency of the Tree Top brand - and they have a natural, no sugar added variety that I like), a spoon, your prenatals all on your kitchen counter. This must be done standing. I am an old pro now and can do it in one spoonful but I used to put some applesauce in a small dish and take a few practice (non-pill) bites just to get my body used to the idea. (I hope only "pills are hard to take" people are reading this thread....) Then get a spoonful (not TOO big, has to be easily swallowed in one gulp), put your prenatal in so it is totally inside the applesauce on your spoon - and parallel with your spoon - and just swallow it down. I do a funny little hand motion (again, the easy pill takers are LMAO at me now), kind of like a swoosh that starts above my head and goes down, mimicking the path the pill is taking. Visualize, they say! Chase with a few big gulps of water and you are done!

Try it and tell me how well it worked for you!!!!! Oh, and I was one who was in tears EVERY day of my first pregnancy, trying so hard to choke down prenatals. It is SO easy now.