Prenatal Vitamin Fear

Looking for some advise or encouragement from anyone who’s been through this before. My husband and I previously thought we were team No Kids because I have a bit of a vomit phobia, but have recently changed our minds. (I won’t bore anyone with the back story, but I had a rough couple of years BEFORE the pandemic and had the epiphany that I shouldn’t avoid motherhood out of fear because life is full of scary things that I can’t avoid even without kids in the picture.)

I realize there will be plenty of phobia triggering phases of the journey and have more or less decided to tackle them one day at a time instead of dwelling on them. That being said…

Step 1 is taking these damn prenatal vitamins. I told myself I would take them before we start trying because it’s the right thing to do and it’s a way to make the decision “real”. But I just keep putting it off. Every day I think “I can’t take them today because we have plans later and what if they make me feel bad??” Or “I just have too much work stress today and can’t deal with one more thing. I’ll try again tomorrow.”

I really want to move past this and start taking them but I keep chickening out. And then I get discouraged all over again, because if I can’t even take a stupid vitamin how am I ever going to carry a baby?

I ordered Ritual prenatals because they’re supposed to be easy on the stomach but my stomach is SO pill-sensitive that I’m sure I’ll feel something no matter what. (I don’t even take multi-vitamins because women’s one a day made me nauseous if I took it before breakfast)

Does anyone have any words of wisdom or encouragement on the topic of prenatals? I could use tips, tricks, or even a little “you got this!” energy right now.