What multi vitamin do you take?

At the moment I'm only taking FA, but pre-pregnancy I was taking a general womans multi-vitamin..

I don't eat a very balanced diet (I don't eat a lot of red meat or fish) but I eat fruit/vege/chicken a lot..

Should I be taking a multi vitamin?

I've only really seen Elevit which seems quite pricey..

What one do you take? Cost? Do you like it? If no, why not?

Not eating red meat and fish isn't that bad for you. I'm a vego so no meat whatsoever.

Blackmores preggo multi is good. But if its just the meat thing then really you only need B12 and maybe iron depending on what veges you eat.

I take none - I'm just on 2 iron tablets daily ($3 ones prescribed by doc, mw's can prescribe them too) and I feel sooooooooooo much better than I did last pregnancy, when I took vitamins! 

Both my naturopath and my herbalist/acupuncture told me that Elevit's just a glorified FA and have advised me to switch to Blackmores Pregnancy multi. I buy it from Pak n' Save where it's $19.99 or $17.59 on special.

That link shows that elevit has more iron in it then you should have in a single day, that cant be right can it? Why would a pregnancy supplement have more iron than is recommended?

I have taken Elevit the entire pregancy and swear by it. It is a lot more expensive than the others but I have found it fantastic!

I usually have a very low immune system and get sore throats very easily. I usually take a multi vitamin called System well but had to stop because it had too much Vitamin A.

When I was taking System well I would notice if I forgot to take it for a couple of days, I used to get a sore throat and just not feel 100%

I was stoked when I discovered that the same thing happened with Elevit so it obviously had enough "good stuff" in it to keep on top of my immune system.

Just depends what you want out of a multi-vitamin...

i asked my mw about this and she had been told latest research says no vitamins are needed (except FA) so i did folic acid and that was it..

I take Blackmores pregnancy multi, and took a generic FA earlier in pregnancy. Started the multi in second trimester.

I took the Blackmores one too with extra FA tabs (generic ones). After I passed 3 months I wasn't so good at taking it and I found that I got cramps in my legs. When I started taking the multi again the cramps stopped!

My obstetrician said I only needed the FA too. If you eat plenty of fruit & veg and some chicken it sounds like you have a more balanced diet than plenty of others

I'm taking generic FA, Blackmores Preg & BF and Nordic Naturals Prenatal DHA.

At a guess prenatal vits may have extra iron as by the end of preg you end up with 50% more blood in your body than before. You'll probably need a wee bit extra iron to make it all.

Hunnybunny, you can add things like beans and lentils to your diet to get the protein you'd miss from meat and lots of dark green veggies like spinach and kale to get the iron.