NO!!! I will read it now - thanks. Just done my first poll, that was exciting.

No of course not!!! They don't sell any British papers here, and my knowledge of Folic is scant, hence this thread.

Sorry if I appear to be rather dumb to those of you who live in more developed countries, but here it is rather a "Do not Question Your Doctor" society. You get orders, you obey them (well, if you are an obediant kind of person...) I tend to challenge and distrust the docs here as readers of my TTC journal will know, because they mostly spout crap. But if they are right on Folic then good on them! (I have always taken it anyway, plus Marmite when I can get my greedy mitts on it!!!)

Have been doing a bit of research -

"Folic acid is considered safe during pregnancy, with an established recommended intake of 800 mcg daily."

From http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-137625820.html

Which is twice the directions on the tablets I've got which each contain 400 mcg.

Thanks for pointing out the upper limit thing on Wiki, I've had a look and I think I'm fine as I'm having less than 1mg and am taking B12 as well so any deficiency in it shouldn't be masked.

I think it's good to do what we can to prevent things going wrong but it's worth remembering that there are loads of unplanned pregnancies where everything is fine and the women haven't taken anything.

Think I'm getting better at the questioning my doctor thing - but I'm sometimes not that brave when I'm seeing them!

Don't think you're dumb at all magicvw - I'm terrible at knowing what's going on, it's just that my ears / eyes zoom in on anything TTC / pregnancy related at the moment

Im on it every day and im not looking to start ttc till november. My doc advises 6 months b4. I was 6 weeks with my wee boy b4 i got any as he was unplanned.