HELP Pregnant mummy supplements compulsory ?

Gynae gave me multi vitamin pills, calcium tablets and fish oil as daily pregnancy supplements to take. But it’s really hard to swallow so many big pills every day, is it really a must to take the 2 calcium tablets everyday and other vitamin pills ? Or is it possible to replace it with other food options or possibly there are smaller size of tablets ? I am a really bad at swallowing tablets and pills type of person >

Yu Ting

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According to my OBGYN, the supplements are for baby, not you. So I guess this could be considered the first step to becoming a sacrificial mum. I take x1 multivitamin x1 calcium x1 folic acid x1 DHA fish oil in the morning and night, and x1 multivitamin midday. For someone who refused to take supplements for my own health pre-pregnancy, I can attest to how inconvenience these supplements can be. I still forget sometimes. I bought pill boxes with am/pm to help me remember and to sort them out so i don’t have to bring around a big bag of pills all the time. Happy to share the link if you’re keen!

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