Pre-Natal Question

Hi girls...so I ran out of the sample pre-natals my OB gave me and dropped off the prescription he gave me for them. Well I went to pick them up and it was $73 for a 1 month supply. I'm shocked that my health insurance wouldn't cover pre-natals. I didn't get them and just started taking my Target pre-natals again. I had gotten the Target pre-natals when I got my BFP and started taking them right away.

I'm going to ask my OB if I can just continue taking the Target brand and supplement it with DHA.

Have any of you done that?

Part of me feels bad for not buying the ones the Dr. prescribed but then it seemed when I compared both packages that Target has pretty much the same vitamins/minerals that the prescription had with the exception of the DHA.

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I picked mine up yesterday too and it was $58 I called my insurance company and they said that $28 of that was the deductible and that it will be $30 a month from now on. You should call and see why!

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Mine were $40 a month and I called my insurance and they said my prenatal Prenate elite, happened to be the most expensive one and that there were a bunch much less expensive. I asked my dr. for an equivalent and she gave me 4 sample packs of different prenatals and told me to find one that i like and that is cheaper and she would write a prescription. She also said that I could get a generic one without a prescription and then take an omega supplement and that it would be the same but much cheaper.

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Mine were expensive too - I think around $40 (not as $$ as yours but still pricey every month!) - I filled them for the first 3 months but then decided to go back to the prenatals I bought at Target. They didn't have the DHA and I didn't supplement.

I think if you take the Target ones and go ahead and supplement that should be fine!HTH

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I was taking Target pre-natals while TTC. Once I was PG I asked my doc and he said those were fine to keep taking, so I've been on those ever since.

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Thank you girls. I'm def. going to checkc with my Dr. when I see him Thurs. in the meantime Target it is. I'll also call my insurance...it's just such a pain.

Thanks !

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I've taken OTC prenatals since we started seeing an RE - he and my ob/gyn both said they were fine.

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i have been taking the target brand ones as well... i asked my ob and he said they were fine.... he actually told me it wasnt necesary to do additional or perscription vitamins if you dont have some nutritional issues.... i had such problems last preg when i took the perscription ones that i found the otc gave me less heartburn

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My doctor only asked me if I was taking pre-natals. I said yes and she never asked what kind or anything. Just wanted to make sure i was taking them.

I've been taking the Target brand prenatals since TTC.

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take prenatals that are OTC!!! My OB told me that was fine (he gave me a zillion samples, told me when those were done to go back to OTC)...



Try One-A-Day or target brand! MUCH cheaper and just as good!

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i only take the target brand. they have all the same stuff and i tolerate them well. my OB never even asked what brand i was taking.

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mine were also $70 a month. so ive been using the samples at my doctors office. everytime i go he gives me enough to last until the next visit. there was no way i was paying that.