( 5 reviews )
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Posted: Apr 23 2009
The midwife at my ob/gyn recommended this and i'm so glad she did. With my last pregnancy I was taking whatever run of the mill prenatal they stock the ob with samples of. My last pregnancy I developed the PUPPPS rash. Not fun. I asked the doc what she recommended, if anything, i can do this time around to avoid getting PUPPPS. She said although this will not guarentee you will not get it this time around, this might make the effects a bit less noticible. She was right. I did get it the second time around but not nearly as bad and I can live with a small rash. This also helps leg cramps (i notice if i skip a day the following day i'll get horrid leg cramps). Also, I have enough energy to keep up with my incredibly active 2 year old, and my baby is growing beautifully! Highly recommend!
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( 0 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Apr 2 2009
I have one bottle of these vitamins and I just can't bring myself to finish it after two months. First, you have to take SIX a day, three in the morning and three in the evening. They are large, uncoated vitamins with sharp edges going all the way around them. I choke on at least one a day, and sometimes I feel like I just can't get it down regardless of how much water I drink. I chose these vitamins because they had the nutrients I was looking for, but I had no idea of their size and shape. I was suffering through these vitamins when I asked my midwife if there was any way I could take a one-a-day vitamin instead of these ridiculous six-a-day horse pills. She said "Of course! Go to Longs/Safeway/Walgreens and pick up their prenatal vitamins." The chain store vitamins (which run around $20 a bottle for a 10 month supply) don't have all the extra minerals and supplements of the Rainbow Lights, but I just try to eat more nutrients in real food instead. It's so much better to take one coated vitamin a day instead of these horrible Rainbow Lights six times a day. What is Rainbow Light thinking??? Most of us who take prenatals are PREGNANT, prone to gagging, and we don't want to be terrified that we're going to choke to death trying to get the vitamins we need. At least coat the darn vitamins and remove the sharp edges so we can swallow them!
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Posted: Mar 31 2009
After researching a lot of different pre-natal pills I chose this and am so glad I did. Before I got pregnant I had been taking another brand that just made me feel to think about it - I don't what it was, the smell, the taste or what but it did not sit well in my stomach. I started taking the Rainbow Light system a month or so before I got pregnant, I am now 9 months pregnant and during the entire 40 weeks I have never had a problem with an upset stomach or keeping the pills down. What I love about this complex is that in addition to being a prenatal pill with all of the needed supplements it had the digestive support, superfoods and special prenatal blend to ease discomfort (ex. swelling, etc.) I have had an extraordinarily easy pregnancy and I certainly cannot say whether or not it was a result of taking this system but I am quite sure it helped. I never had morning sickness, swelling or any other discomfort other than the occasional heartburn that was eased quickly by Tums. Now, having raved about this product I must say that taking these pills are not a piece of cake. While the idea of taking 6 a day seemed like an easy proposition at first and made sense that it would help the nutrients absorb into my system better if space throughout the day it was often difficult to remember to take them. I spaced the 6 out by taking 2 with each meal and that worked most of the time but I would sometimes have to catch up and take 6 at the end of the day because I had forgotten. I also expected that since there were so many that the pills would be smaller, they are not. They are the size of the once a day I was taking before. :P Lastly, I had trouble getting them down some days with just water because while they don't taste terrible, they really don't taste great. I found though that if I drank any sort of flavoured drink (like juice) then I was just fine. So, choosing this system certainly represents a commitment and most people thought I was crazy for taking 6 pills a day but I have to say that I have and still feel great and will be sure to take this brand with each successive preganancy. Good luck!
