Is Elevit making you feel worse??

So I thought Id just put it out there and see if anyone else has had this happen. I dont want to cause a rukus, and put people off it... I think multi Vitamins are a good idea.

However-
I have found that since stopping taking my Elevit 3 days ago, I dont feel as sick. I also used to feel quite sore in the kidneys in the night, and in the morning (after taking Elevit with dinner). And my pee was always REALLY dark, often throughout the day (I was only peeing 4 times a day after drinking 2 litres). Now I pee more often, and its more normal.
Also- I dont have 'such' strong aversions to food now. Particularly veges.

Anyone else had anything similar?? Or am I really paranoid?

Don't worry, you're not being paranoid.  My sis found she got very sick with pregnancy multis because her diet was already sufficient.

If you have too much iron in your diet it can make you feel sick (too much of a good thing).  I didn't bother with any multi's last time until at the end when my iron stores were low, same this time the only supplement I'll take is folic acid unless recommended otherwise by my LMC (and only if recommended because blood tests show deficiencies). 

 

ETA: since you've stopped using elevit make sure you get a folic acid supplement, we don't get a sufficient amount in our diet even if we eat lots of leafy greens and you should be have 800mcg per day until the end of the 1st trimester (it's about $3 on script).

Edited by MrsMojo

I know that i cant have it because of the iron content as i have heamochromatosis - (too much iron already) so it may be that one of the vitamins or compounds in elevit is already high in you.
Maybe worth checking with your Dr or Mw re kidneys maybe a urine flow test? to check they are functioning right they may have been struggling to break down all the extra vitamins - not 100% sure on this only a suggestion

Shannon, How did you find out you had Haemochromatosis? Did you get a specific test?

My mum has just been diagnosed with it and as a result has permanent liver damage. Also explains her infertility issues.   That makes my mum and three aunts (from both sides of the family) so they want me to go for the test too. I don't have any symptoms but mum didnt at my age either. Scary stuff.

I too have stopped taking elivit, my MW suggested I take it as I was so sick - but it made me feel so much worse!!! What a waste of money!
Im taking 5mg of Folic acid - which I think is a huge dose but the gp prescribed it and the MW said it was fine!

kebakat wrote: KitKat wrote: I was also amazed that it had 800thingies of folic acid... thats HEAPS. That's the most important part of the vitamin. It's how much you need to have per day in the first trimester Docs/MWs give scripts of just the 800mcg of folic acid to all early pregnant women

thats ok then- sounded like a lot to me. I was taking 300mcg before.
Its funny- my partner said "Maybe thats why you dont want your broccolli honey" lol how sweet. I dont think so.

Danaj - You get a blood test which takes approx 3 weeks to get the answer, they send it to chch

my brother also has it and my sister is a carrier - most of the time males are more likley to get it and females more likely to be a carrier of the chromasone.

RubyG - i take the lifestream calcium supplement its very good. I get it from the health2000 shop

I started taking elevit infrom about 6 weeks weeks on recommendation from my midwife and it made me feel really sick and I was getting tummy cramps, so i stopped taking it and started to feel heaps better. I take the blackmoores pregnancy vitamins which is much better.

Im glad its not just me.

I havent taken anything now since wheenever I started this post.... Although I dont feel good generally, its a 'cleaner' kindof sick.... IYKWIM

I will start on the Blackmores Pregnancy Gold soon, see what that does lol

The Magical Mystery Tour continues.

I found out today from more people (another midwife) that a lot of women feel worse due to the iron in it. Totally stresses out your liver... and with all the other work its doing- its getting clogged with filtering off too much iron.