Ritual Prenatal Vitamins Review: Why I’ll Never Shortchange My Health Again

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You’ve taken the test and gotten the results — you’re pregnant!

After the initial surprise and confirmation from a medical professional, the mixture of emotions (you know — that unique blend of excitement and anxiety) sets in.

The best cure? Make a plan. And I don’t mean starting a baby registry. First, make a plan to take care of yourself.

Before you start shopping for new maternity clothes and making that nursery board on Pinterest, you need to begin investing in things that can help you feel your best for the next 9 months.

That’s especially true if this isn’t your first pregnancy.

Your life isn’t going to slow down just because you got pregnant. So it’s time to level up your health investment. And take it from me: The best investment you can make is a quality prenatal vitamin.

A stark contrast

For my first two pregnancies, I bought whatever prenatal vitamin was the cheapest at the store. I figured it was wiser to spend my money on the gear we would need, like a crib.

But the truth is, I felt awful. I had low energy, I was so sick, and I felt miserable — all because my health was not a priority. It wasn’t until my third pregnancy that I felt my best.

I truly believe it was because I stopped taking whatever prenatal vitamin was on sale, just to check the “I took my prenatals” box, and instead started investing in a quality prenatal vitamin: Ritual Essential Prenatal.

As a first-time mom, I didn’t know what I didn’t know. But hindsight is 20/20.

A choice that paid off

My first two pregnancies were a mess. I was nauseated, weak, and pretty much miserable from the moment of conception until the end.

My memory of carrying both of my daughters is plagued with exhaustion, an inability to sleep, and the worst nausea you can imagine — the kind where you pull over on the side of the road to vomit.

No one deserves that.

When I found out I was pregnant with my third child, I knew I needed all the help I could get to keep my energy up. I had two kids and a part-time job that wasn’t about to slow down anytime soon.

As soon as I saw that second line on the pregnancy test, I went straight to researching ways to keep my energy up. Of course, there were plenty of suggestions that just did not apply to me — going to bed early doesn’t work when you work and have two preschoolers.

The best advice I found? Make your health the top priority.

I knew I needed to invest in my health first in order to meet all my responsibilities, and the first choice I had to make was which prenatal vitamin I was going to take.

With all that in mind, I decided to give Ritual a shot.

A pregnancy game-changer

Originally, I heard about Ritual vitamins in a moms group where everyone swore by them. But to be honest with you, what attracted me the most to them was how the pill capsule was designed.

The capsules for Ritual vitamins are made with a double layer that’s designed in such a way that it won’t fully dissolve until it’s in your small intestine (1, 2).

This is meant to reduce nausea and help your body absorb the most nutrients — two super important considerations when you’re growing a little one.

My third pregnancy was more of a surprise, so I didn’t start taking Ritual prenatal vitamins until after I discovered I was pregnant (around 6 weeks).

Once I started taking them each morning, however, I began to feel better within a few days. I had more energy, less pain, and the ability to sleep easier in the evenings.

My nausea lessened, and my energy increased — which was exactly what I needed since I had two preschoolers that I had to keep up with.

Not just because the doctor said I had to

The purpose of a prenatal vitamin is to help fuel your body with all the essential nutrients you need in order to function while growing another human (4, 5).

Prenatal vitamins support healthy neural tube development for your growing baby, as well as a healthy birth weight (4, 6).

But they also help prevent you from feeling depleted and run down by keeping up your nutrient stores.

Still, though, it can be hard to justify the cost of a quality vitamin when you can spend a fraction of the price at your local drugstore. And the truth is — if you’re like I was — you probably don’t know what to look for in a prenatal vitamin.