I did some reading.

I think your question is valid and your intention is to elicit information - it sounds as if you are asking both:

1) "why pay more for a pregnancy multivitamin? What difference is there?", and 2) "why take a multivitamin if your diet provides enough for you?"

I asked myself the same questions, did past research and was proceeded taking the more expensive prenatal.

To the former: why pay more for a pregnancy multivitamin? What difference is there?

• Google scholar didn't pan out for research.

• Comparing content difference between my regular and the prenatal (and then researching why there was a disparity in content) did!

Prenatal absence of vitamin K Is not likely to cause birth defects but, has been reported to cause jaundice

Reduced Quantities Of:

• Pantothenic Acid (B5) Recommended intake is 6mg for pregnancy, which is lower than the 10mg in my regular multi

• B6 2mg (down from 5mg) It appears there were concerns that high B6 intake could cause malformation but this study intake there was no such correlation And, they were talking in amount 20x+ multivitamins.

• B1 Thiamine and B2 riboflavin Although no studies seem to prove it is a problem, it is recommended that women consume no more than 1.4mg of thiamine (down from 2.25mg) during pregnancy and no more than 1.4mg of riboflavin.

• B2

Increased Quantities of

• Folic Acid. No shocker here. Folic acid is essential for preventing neural tube defects.

I can see that you aren't getting too favourable a response and it may be because it sounds as if you are suggesting that women the cost isn't worth the precaution - a sentiment which most disagree with.