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Now before you stop reading this post thinking that this doesn’t apply to you because you are not pregnant, you need to know that prenatal vitamins are for more than just pregnant women.

Any woman who is of childbearing age, whether not pregnant, trying to get pregnant, pregnant, or nursing should be taking a prenatal vitamin.

A multivitamin for women is good but if you are of childbearing age then you really should be taking a prenatal vitamin.

Choosing vitamins is hard. Really hard. With my first baby, I just took whatever the doctor prescribed me.

With my second, I just picked up the cheapest bottle I could find.

However, when I got pregnant with my third, I finally looked into vitamins. There is a lot to choosing a vitamin, mainly it’s the ingredients you want to look into.

Ideally you want a whole food vitamin or at least a food based vitamin as synthetic vitamins really aren’t absorbed and thus aren’t really a benefit.

 

I’m breaking these prenatal options into two sections:
1)The really great vitamins that are wonderful but cost more
2) The still good vitamins that are definitely better than the synthetic vitamins but they are cheaper than the really great vitamins.

I’m doing this because if you are like me, sometimes you just can’t afford the best of the best but you still want a best for your budget.

 

With each vitamin I’m going to simply list the perks. I will also list the “Other Ingredients” as often times that is how I decide if a vitamin just doesn’t fit the bill.

It can be confusing trying to find a good prenatal vitamin. To help make things easier here are some amazing natural prenatal vitamin options! #prenatal #vitamins #naturalpregnancy #natural #naturalhealth
 

Natural Prenatal Vitamin Options

The Really Great Prenatal Vitamins

Garden of Life Vitamin Code RAW Prenatal Serving size 3 capsules daily. Capsules can be opened and taken with water or juice instead of swallowing. RAW food-created nutrients. Contains probiotics and enzymes. 800mcg of Folate. Gluten and Dairy Free. Other Ingredients: Vegetable cellulose, Brewer’s yeast, lactobacillus bulgaricus, phosphorus, natto. Contains (fermented) soy.

Crunchy Cheats: Natural Prenatal Vitamin Options

MegaFood Baby & MeServing size 4 tablets daily. 100% whole food. Contains enzymes. 800mcg of Folate. Gluten and Soy Free. Other Ingredients: Plant cellulose, and vegetable lubricant.
Crunchy Cheats: Natural Prenatal Vitamin Options
New Chapter Organics Perfect Prenatal 
– Serving size 3 tablets daily. Whole food vitamin. Contains probiotics. 600mcg of Folate. Gluten Free. Other Ingredients: Organic gum acacia, silica, lac resin and carnauba wax, fermented soy.
 
Rainbow Light Certified Organics Prenatal Serving size 4 capsules daily. Capsules can be opened and take with water or sprinkled on food. Food based. Contains probiotics and enzymes. 1,000mcg of Folic Acid. Gluten, Soy, and Yeast Free. Other Ingredients: Natural or mineral source organic brown rice protein, silica, capsule contains: Pullulan (vegetable polysaccharide)
 

The Still Good Prenatal Vitamins

Crunchy Cheats: Natural Prenatal Vitamin Options
Super Nutrition SimplyOne Prenatal – Serving size 1 tablet daily. Food based. Contains 1,000mcg of Folate. Gluten, Yeast, Dairy, and Soy Free. Other Ingredients: Plant cellulose coating contains citrus and vanilla flavoring.


Rainbow Light Prenatal One
Serving size 1 tablet daily. Food based. Contains probiotics. Contains 800mcg Folic Acid. Gluten and Yeast Free. Other Ingredients: Natural mineral of vegetable source microcrystalline cellulose, stearic acid (vegetable), modified cellulose, silica and magnesium stearate. Coating contains: vegetable food glaze which contains soy lecithin.


There are of course, many more brands for prenatal vitamins. These are just some of the more popular brands.


Being natural doesn’t mean you must make everything from scratch.Thankfully there are some amazing green and natural minded companies out there who help you cheat in your crunchy journey.