My husband and I want to start trying to conceive our first next month. I've heard that women should begin taking prenatal vitamins before trying to conceive, so two days ago my husband and I went to a House of Nutrition and got what seem to be top-of-the-line prenatal vitamins. Yesterday I took my first two as per the directions on the bottle. I took them five minutes before eating breakfast, so the empty stomach didn't help. I felt sick to my stomach all day long, until going to bed at 11:30 last night. My mom said her prenatal vitamins also used to make her feel queasy, so she had to take hers at night and sleep through the effects. So, after that wonderful experience, my questions are:

Anybody else feel queasy from the vitamins?

What happens if I just don't take them?

Has anybody here NOT taken prenatal vitamins and still had a healthy child?