9 best vitamins for breastfeeding moms

Review of the best according to the editorial board. On the selection criteria. This material is subjective and does not constitute advertising and does not serve as a purchase guide. Before buying, you need to consult with a specialist.

Breastfeeding is the only way to feed your baby for a long period of time. With breast milk, the baby should receive not only the necessary substances for the growth and development of the body, such as proteins, fats and carbohydrates, but also the means of protecting the baby from infections – secretory antibodies, or immunoglobulins, which penetrate into breast milk and protect the baby from all kinds of infectious diseases by forming passive immunity.

The period of childhood infections, such as measles, chickenpox, rubella, coincides in time with the end of the period of breastfeeding for most mothers, when the maternal immunity is no longer able to maintain the baby's body defense against viral infections at the proper level, and the child is still developing antibodies not enough.

But not only immunoglobulins are secreted into breast milk, but also vital vitamins for the growth and development of the baby. Except from mother's milk, the child has nowhere to take them. Therefore, the modern pharmaceutical industry has developed special multivitamin preparations, as well as vitamin and mineral complexes, which are designed to meet not only the daily needs of a woman's body, which is recovering after a difficult period of pregnancy and childbirth, but also to meet the need for vitamins in an infant.

It goes without saying that a woman can take these complexes not only when she is breastfeeding, but also if she does not have milk and the baby is artificially fed. Only in this case, it is necessary to specially correct the amount of vitamins that the baby receives along with milk formulas, in order to avoid their deficiency and the occurrence of a growth and developmental delay.

This rating includes the most effective, balanced in composition, vitamin and mineral complexes for nursing mothers, and the rating includes three price categories: the most affordable and cheapest drugs, mid-range products, and premium vitamins for nursing mothers. The review of vitamins for nursing mothers begins with the most affordable means.

Rating of the best vitamins for nursing mothers

Nomination	a place	Name of product	price
Best inexpensive vitamins for nursing moms	1	Fruit tea (drink) for nursing mothers with vitamins	257 r
	2	Complivit 'Mom' for pregnant and lactating	235 RUB
	3	Alphabet 'Mom's Health'	321 RUB
The best vitamin complexes for nursing mid-price group	1	Multi-tabs Perinatal	645 RUB
	2	Vitrum prenatal	663 r
	3	Femibion ​​Natalcare 2	RUB 931
The best vitamins for premium nursing moms	1	Nursing Postnatal Fairhaven Health	RUB 1,100
	2	ASTRUM-MAMMY COMPLEX	RUB 2,466
	3	ELEVIT PRONATAL	691 r

Best inexpensive vitamins for nursing moms

Inexpensive vitamins specially developed for nursing mothers usually include only domestic preparations. For some reason, it is believed that imported funds should cost significantly more. But this is not the case. And an example of a good, environmentally friendly and balanced complex produced in Switzerland is the Hipp vitamin drink. Let's start our review with it.

Fruit tea (drink) for nursing mothers with vitamins

Rating: 4.9

The drink, or as it is called 'tea' Hipp for nursing mothers with vitamins, is made from environmentally friendly phyto-raw materials grown on special pharmaceutical lands, and no herbicides or artificial fertilizers are used in its production. The drink can be sold packaged in sachets, but most often it can be purchased in pharmacies in cans weighing 200 g, in the form of granules. This drink can be used not only to meet the needs of mothers and children in vitamins, but also to stimulate milk production.

It contains hibiscus extract, raspberry and strawberry juice, rosehip powder, apple juice, citric acid, calcium gluconate and lactate, ascorbic acid, magnesium citrate and iron lactate, irreplaceable zinc sulfate. Of the vitamins, the drink contains pantothenic acid, vitamin D, B vitamins, niacin. It also contains potassium iodide.

This drink is indicated for use as a basic one in healthy women and in women in a state of postpartum depression, with symptoms of vitamin deficiency, as well as in asthenovegetative and asthenoneurotic states.

It is necessary to apply it as follows: 4 teaspoons, or 16 g of granular concentrate is mixed with one glass of either warm or chilled water. It is not recommended to pour boiling water over the granules in order not to destroy some vitamins and mineral complexes. The Swiss company of the same name produces the Hipp drink for nursing mothers, and you can buy one can of concentrate in a pharmacy, starting at a price of 300 rubles. One can is enough for 12 servings.

Advantages and disadvantages

One portion of such a drink per day fully satisfies the daily requirement of both a nursing mother and a child for vitamins and some minerals. The disadvantage will be the possible development of an allergy in the child to the concentrate of strawberry and raspberry syrup, as well as the need to store this drink after opening the package away from products with a strong aroma. It is also necessary to use the opened packaging within 3 months. A significant advantage is the low price, pleasant taste, the presence of all the necessary vitamins, as well as the absence of sugar, preservatives, artificial flavors and colors.

Complivit 'Mom' for pregnant and lactating

Rating: 4.8

Complivit Mama for pregnant and lactating women contains a small amount of the most essential vitamins and minerals, but this basic composition is well balanced. One capsule, which is coated with a shell, contains ascorbic acid, thiamine and riboflavin, pantothenic acid in the form of a calcium compound, pyridoxine, folic acid, vitamins B12 and B6, iron, copper, zinc, magnesium, phosphorus and calcium. Thus, this complex will be multivitamin, containing minerals and trace elements, well suited for the feeding period.

This complex is indicated for use, both for prevention and for the treatment of vitamin deficiencies and mineral deficiencies in nursing. It is also successfully used for malnutrition or an unbalanced diet. In the complex treatment of various infections and other chronic diseases, Complivit Mama is recommended to increase the resistance of the nursing organism to infections.

You need to take the drug once a day, one tablet at a time, preferably after breakfast. Complivit Mama is produced by the domestic pharmaceutical company Pharmstandard in the city of Ufa, and the average cost of one package of 30 tablets, calculated for a monthly course, is 226 rubles. The minimum cost for November 30, 2018 for large cities in Russia is 166 rubles.

Advantages and disadvantages

The big advantage of this complex remains a very low cost, and ease of use: just one tablet a day. The drug is present in almost all pharmacies in the country, and this is also important. The disadvantage may be, perhaps, only a small basic set of vitamins and trace elements, but, as you know, no one has canceled the truth of the statement 'less is better'. If you significantly expand the composition of the complex, this will increase the cost and increase the frequency of side effects.

Alphabet 'Mom's Health'

Rating: 4.7

An inexpensive domestic vitamin and mineral complex intended for flexible use in nursing mothers is the Alphabet 'Mom's Health'. There are three types of tablets: 'iron +', 'antioxidants +' and 'calcium D3 +'. One package contains 60 pieces, 20 tablets of each type.

The number one tablet contains, in addition to iron, thiamine, folic acid and taurine. The second tablet, in addition to vitamins C and E, contains selenium, beta-carotene and iodine. Finally, the third tablet of the complex contains biotin, calcium, vitamin K and vitamin D3.

The indications for this drug are the same as for other vitamin complexes. It is a source of vitamins and minerals, and it is used to prevent vitamin deficiency and for the correct growth and development of the baby.

The alphabet for a nursing mother can be used in different ways. You can take all three tablets at once in one dose. You can take one tablet in the morning and two tablets in the evening, or each tablet at 4 or 6 hour intervals. Such a fractional regimen of taking tablets containing different components allows you to fully assimilate a set of vitamins and trace elements, and avoid interactions between them. According to manufacturers, such a separate regimen allows you to get 50% more benefits than taking all the pills at the same time. This complex is produced by the domestic production company Vneshtorgfarma, and the cost of one such package is on average 400 rubles.

Advantages and disadvantages

Of course, the lack of clear instructions for taking the drug is considered both a disadvantage and an advantage. The disadvantage is that a nursing mother needs to take pills a day at once, and with vague recommendations, you can either skip the appointment, or confuse, or take the wrong pill. The advantage will be freedom of choice, but it is completely unclear how the manufacturer could estimate in percentage the greater effectiveness of taking the drug using separate dosages.

To come to this conclusion, it is necessary to conduct expensive and large-scale clinical studies in lactating mothers with obvious signs of vitamin deficiency, with the presence of a control comparison group, and with large-scale biochemical studies of the concentration of vitamins in blood plasma. As this has not been done, the assessment is empirical. Despite this, the Alphabet 'Mom's Health' has a low cost of a monthly course and is well tolerated by nursing mothers.

The best vitamin complexes for nursing mid-price group

Moving on to this group of drugs, we can consider it as the main one. It is the products of this price range that contain not only the minimum set of vitamins, minerals and trace elements, but also their more extensive combinations, and are most actively sold in pharmacies. This price group includes not only imported, but also some domestic vitamin and mineral complexes.

Multi-tabs Perinatal

Rating: 4.9

Multi-tabs perinatal is a typical representative of a good, high-quality multivitamin complex not only for nursing mothers, but also for pregnant women, since the perinatal period is called in medicine the time close to childbirth. One tablet of this multivitamin complex contains 11 different vitamins. It also contains folic acid, minerals and trace elements – calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, chromium and iodine. Thus, Multi-tabs Perinatal is considered a very valuable complex in terms of composition.

It is necessary for nursing mothers to take it to increase immunity, and improve the secretion of immunoglobulins in breast milk, to prevent vitamin deficiencies and for the normal development of the child and his immune system. It is convenient to take it with a meal, or immediately after it. One tablet is taken daily. The average cost of one package of 60 tablets, designed for two months of administration, averages about 700 rubles. It is produced by one of the leaders of the global pharmaceutical industry – Pfizer.

Advantages and disadvantages

Multi-Tubs Perinatal is an effective, well-balanced complex, which is produced on quality European substances. The drug has good compliance as it is taken once a day. Multi-Tabs Perinatal has one more 'zest': 700 rubles is a two-month course. If we take into account the cost of a monthly intake (and this is half of the package), then the cost is automatically reduced to 350 rubles per month, and this remedy may already be included in the list of inexpensive and high-quality vitamin complexes.

Vitrum prenatal

Rating: 4.8

The Vitrum Prenatal vitamin complex contains 11 vitamins, as well as iron, calcium and zinc. It is used as a drug that replenishes the deficiency of vitamins and minerals, as well as for the prevention of various diseases of the mother and baby, to increase their immunity. Also, this remedy is indicated in the case of mild iron deficiency anemia, with a lack of calcium in the body of a pregnant and lactating woman, for the prevention of congenital fetal anomalies. During the period of breastfeeding, Vitrum Prenatal is indicated for reception with an unbalanced diet and when switching from the diet of a pregnant woman to the diet of a nursing mother.

Vitrum Prenatal should be used once a day after meals. The manufacturer recommends not to exceed the indicated dosage. This complex is produced by the American company Unipharm, and the cost of one package of 30 tablets, designed for a monthly course, is, on average, 650 rubles.

Advantages and disadvantages

Vitrum Prenatal is inferior to the previous representative in its composition, and surpasses it at its price, and this is its main drawback, with equal quality. In general, all vitamin and mineral complexes from the United States, which are mainly represented by the products of Unipharm, cost, on average, 30% – 50% more than European preparations of similar quality and composition. Otherwise, this complex is considered to be of high quality, it is well tolerated, taken once a day, and causes a minimum number of side effects such as allergic reactions, and they practically do not exceed the rare frequency of individual intolerance.

Femibion ​​Natalcare 2

Rating: 4.8

This vitamin complex from Merck continues the vitamin manufacturer's portfolio. There is also the drug Femibion ​​Natalcare 1, which is recommended at the planning stage of pregnancy, and inclusively until the end of the first trimester. And this remedy, Femibion ​​Natalcare 2, is positioned by the manufacturer as a drug recommended for admission, starting from the 12th week of pregnancy, as well as throughout the entire period of breastfeeding. The drug is produced in the form of tablets and soft capsules, in one package, and both, 30 pieces each.

Each tablet contains ascorbic acid, nicotinamide, alpha-tocopherol, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamine, folic acid, biotin, iodine and vitamin B12. Each capsule contains fat-soluble vitamin E and a special acid that is equivalent in effect to 500 mg of fish oil concentrate. The drug is taken for prophylaxis, for general strengthening purposes, as well as in the complex therapy for the treatment of various acute and chronic diseases in pregnant and lactating women.

It is necessary to take the drug once a day with food, one tablet and one soft capsule are taken immediately. This set costs 1000 rubles, the minimum cost is 870 rubles, the maximum is 1605 rubles, the price range is quite large, and it depends on the form of ownership of the pharmacy, and on its pricing policy.

Advantages and disadvantages

The advantage of this tool is good tolerance, the ability to continue taking the vitamin after childbirth, which means that the body will not need to rebuild and get acquainted with a new drug. The product is well balanced, contains the required amount of vitamins, but the disadvantage is the lack of minerals and trace elements. But this, on the other hand, will be a relative plus, since a decrease in the number of components improves the tolerability of the drug, and reduces the number of side effects. Femibion ​​is taken once a day, which is also convenient. At its price, this drug is already a transitional one from vitamin complexes for nursing mothers in the middle price range to premium drugs.

The best vitamins for premium nursing moms

Before buying, many visitors to pharmacies want to know why these 'elite' vitamins are so expensive: 1,500 – 2,500 rubles and even more. If a pharmacist, front desk worker or pharmacist explains that these are 'imported elite manufacturers' and 'the quality of the vitamins is very high', then this explanation is not convincing. As we found out, many complexes of the middle price range are produced by world leaders and are in no way inferior in quality to a premium drug.

In fact, such products often have a special 'flavor'. Most often it is a vegetable base, to which a vitamin and mineral complex is then added. In some cases, it is called a 'special herbal formula', 'biological ingredients'. In some cases, the complexes contain probiotics, or beneficial microorganisms to normalize bowel function and prevent dysbiosis. In short, premium products often contain some other component than vitamins, minerals and trace elements, but not always. Consider these funds, which are indicated for admission by women during breastfeeding.

Nursing Postnatal Fairhaven Health Multivitamin For Nursing Women

Rating: 4.9

This vitamin and mineral complex is produced in the United States of America and contains a set of 13 essential vitamins, calcium, iron, iodine, zinc, selenium, magnesium, copper, manganese and chromium. This complex is shown to maintain the health of a nursing woman, and, according to the manufacturer, the composition is selected in such a way as to fully satisfy the needs of a nursing mother and baby for vitamins, minerals and trace elements. It is necessary to take vitamins 1 capsule 2 times a day. This vitamin and mineral complex is just an example of a product that does not contain any additional additives. The average cost of one package, calculated for a month, is 1200 rubles.

Advantages and disadvantages

The advantage of this complex is its high efficiency, balanced composition, rapid normalization of the well-being and mood of a nursing woman, and the disadvantages of the drug are the lack of detailed instructions in Russian with a detailed description of contraindications and side effects, a rather high price, as well as inaccessibility. This drug is rarely found in pharmacies and is most often purchased through online health stores.

ASTRUM-MAMMY COMPLEX

Rating: 4.9

Made in the USA, this multivitamin is an example of an herbal base multivitamin. In this case, we are talking about extracts from red beet, raspberry, dandelion and alfalfa. It is a source of bioflavonoids and fiber, and is additionally enriched with components such as para-aminobenzoic acid, which helps normal intestinal microflora to synthesize folic acid, choline, which improves the conduction of nerve impulses and makes cell membranes more resistant. Also included are inositol and taurine, carnitine. In addition to these components, the vitamin complex includes ascorbic acid, niacin, beta-carotene, pantothenic acid, B vitamins, vitamin D and E, and trace elements in the amount of 11 types.

This vitamin-mineral complex is used for the prevention and treatment of various vitamin deficiencies during breastfeeding, the manufacturer emphasizes that the product reduces the risk of increasing nail brittleness and hair loss, and the drug is able to prevent a woman from developing depression after childbirth. It is necessary to take the drug in the amount of 1 or 2 capsules daily with meals, and packs of 120 capsules. It can be enough for a course of 2 to 4 months. The average cost of one pack of 120 capsules is 2,450 rubles.

Advantages and disadvantages

Perhaps, the advantage of this complex will be the plant base, but you can always replace it with a good diet. There are quite a few mid-range vitamins that can completely replace this expensive remedy without compromising the quality and variety of components. In addition, this drug also has not very detailed Russified instructions, it is purchased through online stores, which makes it very difficult to obtain full information before purchasing. An additional disadvantage is the high price.

ELEVIT PRONATAL

Rating: 4.8

This popular in our country vitamin and mineral complex is produced by Bayer, it contains 12 vitamins, omega-3 unsaturated fatty acids, lutein, calcium, iron, iodine, selenium and zinc. The drug is produced in soft gelatin capsules, and is used both for the prevention of vitamin deficiency and for its treatment, when changing the diet, and in other similar situations. Omega 3 unsaturated fatty acids make it possible to enrich breast milk with the necessary components, and lutein is necessary for the full development of the central nervous system in a baby. It is necessary to take one capsule once or twice a day, and the cost of a package of 60 capsules is on average 1400 rubles. With daily use of one tablet, a monthly course will cost about 700 rubles, which is not so expensive.

Advantages and disadvantages

The advantage of this vitamin – mineral complex will be its rich composition, additionally it contains fatty acids, lutein. This helps vitamins to be easily absorbed, breast milk becomes more complete, high-quality European substances are used. At the same time, the disadvantage of this complex, in addition to the rather high price for a large package, is the large size of the capsules, which can be difficult to swallow.

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Attention! This rating is subjective and does not constitute an advertisement and does not serve as a purchase guide. Before buying, you need to consult with a specialist.