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Choosing a prenatal vitamin is one of the first big "parenting" decisions you’ll make. Since your body is now working overtime to build a human from scratch, these supplements act as a nutritional safety net for both of you.

Most experts recommend looking for a bottle that contains these "Big Three" ingredients:

Your blood volume increases significantly during pregnancy; iron helps you make more hemoglobin to carry oxygen to your baby and prevents you from feeling like a zombie.

Usually contain iron, but can be large ("horse pills") and might trigger nausea.