folic acid

tinytoes · Dec 3rd, 2007, 05:17 AM

My Doc prescribed me vitamins which contain 0.8mg of folic acid in them, and also some separate folic acid which contains 0.4mg....so i'm ona whopping 1.2mg a day. Gosh, I'll be full of the stuff!
I double checked that both are necessary and he said yes.
Wow, it's more than i expected. ah well, must be usual I suppose?

Tam · Dec 3rd, 2007, 05:26 AM

You can never have too much folic acid, it is something that the body can get rid of very easily by only using what it needs and it is not harmful in any way, so I really wouldn't worry about the dosage! I was taking a folic acid tablet as well as a pre-natal tablet and I double checked with my GP and she said there was absolutely no problem with the amount I would be hav

Tam · Dec 3rd, 2007, 05:32 AM

Sorry, my kitten walked over my keyboard and posted my unfinished message and I can't edit it

But as I was saying, my GP assured me that there would be absolutely no problem with the amount I was having from the pre-natal & extra folic acid tablet.......I am sure you got the gist anyway, but I hate to leave an undone post

Jules · Dec 3rd, 2007, 05:33 AM

I have been having just a tablet a day (as it says on the bottle) 400ug? is this not enough? I try and eat as much vegetables etc as possible also....

Tam · Dec 3rd, 2007, 05:39 AM

yeah that is fine hun.....I just needed other vitamns too hence the pre-natal......but that is the recommended dose for a pregnancy babe, so you are doing right

plus you will be getting more from your diet anyway......but I just wanted to inform Tinytoes that she was not having too much!

reallytinyamy · Dec 3rd, 2007, 07:29 AM

400mcg is the standard dose. As for 1.2mg, thats nothing, I'm on 5mg! Anything between 400mcg and 5mg is recommended so no need to worry!

RachiePachie · Dec 3rd, 2007, 15:04 PM

Folic Acid is a wonderment and a miracle.

I had been trying for a baby for 4 years and 1 year of that was on Fertility Drugs. Clomid mixed with Metformin. I had 2 more cycles of Clomid to go when my sister told me about her friend who had gone through the same. One of her friends told her to take Folic Acid too and boom she was pregnant the next month. So towards the end of September I started taking the Folic Acid and then end of November, I found out I was pregnant.

Purely a miracle.

Dec 3rd, 2007, 05:17 AM	#1
tinytoes Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: France Posts: 2,912	folic acid My Doc prescribed me vitamins which contain 0.8mg of folic acid in them, and also some separate folic acid which contains 0.4mg....so i'm ona whopping 1.2mg a day. Gosh, I'll be full of the stuff! I double checked that both are necessary and he said yes. Wow, it's more than i expected. ah well, must be usual I suppose?

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Dec 3rd, 2007, 05:26 AM	#2
Tam Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Elite Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London Posts: 9,880	You can never have too much folic acid, it is something that the body can get rid of very easily by only using what it needs and it is not harmful in any way, so I really wouldn't worry about the dosage! I was taking a folic acid tablet as well as a pre-natal tablet and I double checked with my GP and she said there was absolutely no problem with the amount I would be hav

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Dec 3rd, 2007, 05:32 AM	#3
Tam Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Elite Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London Posts: 9,880	Sorry, my kitten walked over my keyboard and posted my unfinished message and I can't edit it But as I was saying, my GP assured me that there would be absolutely no problem with the amount I was having from the pre-natal & extra folic acid tablet.......I am sure you got the gist anyway, but I hate to leave an undone post

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Dec 3rd, 2007, 05:33 AM	#4
Jules Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 1,812	I have been having just a tablet a day (as it says on the bottle) 400ug? is this not enough? I try and eat as much vegetables etc as possible also....

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Dec 3rd, 2007, 05:39 AM	#5
Tam Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Elite Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London Posts: 9,880	yeah that is fine hun.....I just needed other vitamns too hence the pre-natal......but that is the recommended dose for a pregnancy babe, so you are doing right plus you will be getting more from your diet anyway......but I just wanted to inform Tinytoes that she was not having too much!

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Dec 3rd, 2007, 07:29 AM	#6
reallytinyamy Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Northampton, UK Posts: 4,324	400mcg is the standard dose. As for 1.2mg, thats nothing, I'm on 5mg! Anything between 400mcg and 5mg is recommended so no need to worry!

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Dec 3rd, 2007, 15:04 PM	#7
RachiePachie On a break (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 219	Folic Acid is a wonderment and a miracle. I had been trying for a baby for 4 years and 1 year of that was on Fertility Drugs. Clomid mixed with Metformin. I had 2 more cycles of Clomid to go when my sister told me about her friend who had gone through the same. One of her friends told her to take Folic Acid too and boom she was pregnant the next month. So towards the end of September I started taking the Folic Acid and then end of November, I found out I was pregnant. Purely a miracle.

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