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What vitamins supplements/natural remedies are dangerous during pregnancy?

I'm currently on HEAPS of vitamins such as zinc, vitamin c, a, c10 etc as well as a chinese medicine immune-boosting tonic, as am recovering from galndular fever and recurring viruses. I'm hoping to become pregnant soon, as was wondering which ones to keep and which ones to stop if i were to fall pregnant

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1. Herbs are consider unsafe during pregnancy because not enough research has been done on them but there is no reason why you should stop them until you are pregnant. If you are able to stop the herbs, I would do so the month you start ttc. I would just take a multivitamin like Centrum (or find one that has all the things it has in it). Centrum contains vitamins and minerals that our bodies need for fertility like selenium and copper. Don't take the others (unless the C10 is actually CoQ10, that's also great for fertility as well as your heart). Vitamin A over 10,000 before pregnancy and over 6,000 during pregnancy is know to cause birth defects. Vitamins A, D, E and K are fat soluble meaning they are stored in your fat cells so it's easy to have too much. Other others are water soluble and eliminated by the body mostly through urine so they can be taken at higher dosage prior to pregnancy but not at pregnancy. The only thing you should take during pregnancy is a prenatal vitamin and omega 3. Here's other things that boost fertility-- Coral calcium (helps increase cm but you have to take it with water. Water helps absorption) PABA 300 mg DHEA 75 mg (makes ovaries behave youthful again after 3 months of taking) EPO and DHA (omega oils needed for fertility) Arginine (increases circulation to ovaries and uterus) Glutathione (an intracellular antioxidant found surrounding the egg before ovulation to protect the developing egg) Manganese (known as the maternal mineral. Lack causes infertility) Royal jelly (super food for cells) Coenzyme Q10 (for heart and circulation) Milk thistle and dandelonn (detox liver & improve toxic elimination in body) Pycnogenol (super anti-oxident) Alpha Lipoic acid (aids certain vitamins in body) Green tea (anti-oxident) Chlorophyll (balances insulin and feeds cells) Taurine (fertility amino acid) Acetyl L-Carnitine (amino like compound found in growing egg) Grape seed (aids fertility) And EVERYTHING that is found in the multi-vitamin called Centrum. Eat healthy and drink plenty of fluids. Stay away from things that degrade the growing egg-- sugar (even the sugar found in milk is toxic to developing follicle), white carbs, alcohol, caffine (it causes cortisol and inbalanced insulin levels), smoking, and any type of unnatural chemicals (natural meaning baking soda and vingar to clean) and fumes.