OK so obviously we are not telling anybody this in real life, but this is largely anonymous so I can say that we are planning to stop birth control either [name_f]May[/name_f] or [name_u]June[/name_u], which is scary and exciting at the same time. So I went to the chemist a few days ago to get some folic acid and vitamin D, since I heard that those are the ones that are really important, vitamin D especially for us in northern climes. I’m not particularly interested in the whole shebang multivitamin ones, since I eat a fairly healthy diet and think it’s probably a bit overkill.
Buuut I accidentally got vitamin D fish oil capsules, which also contain vitamin A, and then I read that in pregnancy you should be careful about too much A, so no supplementary retinol. Is it safe for me to keep taking those through [name_f]April[/name_f] and switch to a different vitamin D supplement on stopping birth control, or could that mean that I would have dangerous levels of vitamin A already in my system at that point? I assume they’re fine for normal everyday non-pregnant life, I just want to make sure I’m not vitamin D deficient after the long winter and cod liver oil is the usual thing people take for that here. Seems I should have done better research though! Perhaps an internet forum isn’t the best place to turn but I wondered if you guys would know from your own experiences.
The ingredients are:
Vitamin A (from [name_m]Fish[/name_m] Liver Oil), 600 IU, 12% of RDA (if my calculations are correct, 180 mcg)
Vitamin D-3 (as Natural Cholecalciferol from [name_m]Fish[/name_m] Liver Oil), 400 IU, 100% of RDA (10 mcg)
and also tablets which are:
Folic acid, 400 mcg, 100% of RDA
It seems like a small amount, so you think this should be OK for whilst I’m still on birth control? Or should I switch asap to a different source of vitamin D?
