Becoming pregnant is a beautiful and wonderful thing for most people. However taking your daily recommended prenatal vitamin is a whole different thing. As a RN in the OB/GYN field I am constantly giving my patients medication. I am often astounded at how different individuals take their medications. Some crush them in applesauce or pudding. Others will bite them and chew them up, and some just refuse to take them unless they are in a liquid form.
Avoiding your prenatal vitamin because of these difficulties is not an option. Which is why Bellybar created Bellybar Chewable Prenatal Vitamin. Bellybar Chewable Prenatal Vitamin is an over the counter supplement that comes in two different berry flavors. It is recommended by OB/GYN’s and is safe for both mom and baby.
In each serving you will find ingredients including: Vitamin A, B6, D, Calcium, Folic Acid, Iron, Vitamin C and Zinc. However, you will find absolutely no high-quality ingredients in Bellybar Chewable Prenatal Vitamin. In order to get any high-quality ingredients, you have to take other supplements in the Bellybar product line.
What sort of high-quality ingredients am I talking about? There are six high-quality ingredients that your prenatal vitamin should definitely include. They are CoQ10, DHA, Choline, Inositol, Ginger Root, and probiotics. Research has found that all of these ingredients not only protect you during pregnancy, but they also help your baby to grow and thrive. Here’s a brief summary of why they are so important.
CoQ10 helps decrease your chance of developing preeclampsia (high blood pressure complications) by 10%. Since preeclampsia is the leading cause of death for both mom and baby during pregnancy, this is huge. However CoQ10 is a very expensive ingredient and something most manufacturing companies leave out. DHA helps with the development of your baby’s eyes and brain and may even improve their IQ.
Choline is found naturally in the brain and helps the neurons to fire properly. When there are high amounts of choline circulating in your brain the rate that the neurons fire increases, and so does you long-term memory. Inositol helps prevent neural tube defects, and ginger root helps with nausea and vomiting.
Finally, probiotics helps prevent preterm labor, lower your chances of developing obesity, help boost you and your baby’s immune systems, and may even prevent your baby from developing diabetes later on in life.
As a RN in the healthcare field on a scale of 0 to 10 with 10 being the highest, I would rank Bellybar Chewable Prenatal Vitamin a 4. Sure it contains some of the important vitamins and nutrients, but it does not go above and beyond that. When you add up the total cost you would have to pay to get all the necessary nutrients, it would end up costing you $5.80 a day. Furthermore, many women report that the taste is terrible and leaves a strong iron taste in your mouth afterward.
Don’t settle when you can have the best!! Not only can you get better quality, but it will cost you a lot less as well. Choose a prenatal vitamin that will allow you and your baby to enjoy pregnancy and get all of the benefits at the same time!!