citrical calcium citrate petites

KatCooper
on 8/17/11 7:42 am - Collierville, TN
 Is anyone taking these calcium petites?  Is so when did you start? They are not that big, but I am worried about them getting stuck.  I am about 7 weeks out.  I am having a hard time remembering to take the chewables 4 times a day so my NUT suggested these.  Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Kat

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LORI S.
on 8/17/11 7:50 am, edited 8/17/11 7:51 am
I was taking them at 4 months out.  I switch between those and Wellesse liquid calcium just because I want to not because of any problems
Cherylkas
on 8/17/11 7:55 am - PA
 I take them everyday. Somedays if I don't drink some before I take them they do get stuck but not often. Remember that 2 petites is a dose.
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jazzycatz
on 8/17/11 8:01 am - Joppa, MD
6/day every day. The regular citricals are huge.  The petites are much better.  I started taking them at about 2 months out. 
JerseyJim
on 8/17/11 8:04 am - Sayre, PA
Just curious as to why your NUT thinks that you'll remember to take pills more easily than chews?  

I started taking these at about six weeks, but switched to a different brand that has magnesium oxide in them to help with the constipation.

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Lisa E.
on 8/17/11 8:05 am - Fontana, CA
I was cleared to swallow pills at 1 month and I have never gotten them stuck.. The only thing that has gotten stuck on me was my gallbladder capsule. Good luck
losing-jennifer
on 8/17/11 8:09 am
I take 3 at a time. 2 only adds up to 400mg and cutting one in half to get 500mg is harder to swallow with the sharp edges so I do a total of 600mg 3 times a day. I began taking them at 6 weeks out. I do have to take them right before I begin drinking again because I do have to sip sip sip to work them through. If I don't drink enough after taking them I feel like I have heartburn.
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CarolBeth
on 8/17/11 8:26 am - SoCal, CA
I am 5 weeks out and tried the Citrical petites.  They were too fat for me.  I took one, and it got stuck!  I have no problems with capsules though, so now I am taking Calcium Citrate with D3 and Magnesium from the Vitamin Shoppe.  I take 6 capsules per day, since 2 capsules = 333 mg calcium.
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shoven21187
on 8/17/11 10:08 am - Saint Paul, MN
 lol I hated the chewables so I ALWAYS forgot to take them, too. Once I could switch to pills, I havent had an issue because I dont dread them. I started taking the citricals at 3 months and started by cutting them in half just to make sure I could handle them. Then after about a week I started taking the whole pills and no problems...
                
Shanneee
on 8/17/11 11:39 am - MN
I started taking them after my doc cleared me at my two week checkup.  I HATE them, though and they always feel like they are getting stuck.  Especially because 2 of them are a serving and equal 400 mg.  That means you have to take 10 of them each day to get the 2,000 mg that my doc wants.  YECH!  I just ordered some 500mg lozenges from vitalady so am hoping that will help until I'm better able to swallow. 

Good luck!

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