Did women take prenatal vitamins 40+ years ago?

Question

Like when our grandmothers were pregnant with their babies or women 40 or so years ago?

Answer 1

my grandmother did not, my mother says it was an option but most couldn't afford them.  

Answer 2

No, they did not.  In fact, my mother continued to smoke and drink while pregnant.  Nice, huh?  (I was born with a heart defect due to it).

Answer 3

My mother did when she was preggers with my sister.  I was pretty young but I remember her taking something.

Answer 4

I don't think they had them.  My sister was born with spinal bifida and died.  That is caused by a lack of folic acid.

Answer 5

Probably not, but they also ate better, and the ground was not so stripped of it's good stuff back then as it is now..

Answer 6

Some may have, I suppose. I didn't even taken them 17 years ago.