I have folic acid and prenatals with folic
acid in them.
Is it safe to be taking both? I'll ask
at my appointment which is going to be on
the 8th of june but what should I do until
then?
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MamiClaudia
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Posted: 05-31-06 18:10pm
Just take the vitamins with the folic acid
if them I would call or wait until the
appt you dont want the baby getting too
much of anything that could hurt him/her
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Bridget
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Posted: 05-31-06 18:22pm
You should be getting at least 400-600 mcg
of folic acid.
I take a vitamin that has 400 mcg and then
an additional folic acid pill that also
has 400.
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diamondsz
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Posted: 05-31-06 20:32pm
I stopped taking folic acid at three
months, I never took prenatal instead took
2 flinstones...
Dr said folic acid is really only needed
the first three month but talk to ur dr
first
you should be getting at
least 400-600 mcg of folic acid.
I take a vitamin that has 400 mcg and then
an additional folic acid pill that also
has 400.
i'm going to go with this because i've
heard something simular lately. The
folic acid says it has 400 mcg and the
prenatals says it has 100 mcg, so i'll
take both.
I'm really worried because I didn't start
taking folic acid until late because I
found out about the baby so late. Is the
risk really big for neural tube defects or
should I stop worrying??
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Bridget
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Posted: 06-01-06 09:13am
I got that info from the "what to expect
when expecting" book. It had a list of
everything that should be in your
vitamins.
I wouldn't worry about not taking your
folic in the beginning. I mean, yeah
something could be wrong but what good is
worrying over something you can't change?
Just think positively and think of all
those girls who skip prenatal care
completely and they have healthy babies.
I'm sure everything is fine! How far
along were you when you found out?
It was monday may 1st when I found out.
So exactly a month ago I found out, and
according to the due date the lady gave me
(i still think i've got to be further than
this) i'm suppose to be 11 weeks and 4
days pregnant today. So I found out on
may first and got folic acid about a week
later. I don't know how many weeks I
would have been around may 8th and i'm too
lazy to do that math.
