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jemryan23
Jun 27, 2009, 10:37 AM
Hi another one for you ha think I mite be pregnant being trying since my last period and that was the 9th June should I be taking folic acid now just I haven't started taking it yet people have said I should be I always wait till I find out I am then I start taking it then,I already have little boy who's 3 and last year I missed caried at 9weeks and because I dident start take folic acid till I found out I allways think was it cause I never took it why I was trying I was going toget some tomorrow if I can or Monday thank jemryan xxxx:)
jenniepepsi
Jun 27, 2009, 10:48 AM
Are you taking your prenatal vitamines? There should be folic acid in the vitamines if you are taking a good one.
600-1000 mcg of folic acid is good during preganncy to help prevent birth defects. Your prenatal vitamines should have this much. But if it does not, you can take a suppliment
tickle
Jun 27, 2009, 10:48 AM
hi another one for u ha think i mite be preg being trying since my last period and that was the 9th june should i be taking folic acid now just i havent started taking it yet people have said i should be i alway wait till i find out i am then i start taking it then,i allready have little boy whos 3 and last year i missed caried at 9weeks and because i dident start take folic acid till i found out i allways think was it cause i never toke it why i was trying i was going toget some tomorrow if i can or monday thank jemryan xxxx:)
Folic acid, jemryan, is the B vitamin which aids in the cellular development of your unborn fetus. Folic acid doesn't help you get pregnant. It is for the baby'
S development, mentally and physically, so you can take as soon as you find out you are pregnant.
Ms tickle
N0help4u
Jun 27, 2009, 10:49 AM
Folic acid is good for if you are pregnant, not pregnant, or trying to get pregnant. Take it.
As the others said it is a B vitamin and included in prenatal vitamins.
jemryan23
Jun 27, 2009, 10:55 AM
are you taking your prenatal vitamines? there should be folic acid in the vitamines if you are taking a good one.
600-1000 mcg of folic acid is good during preganncy to help prevent birth defects. your prenatal vitamines should have this much. but if it does not, you can take a suppliment
Hi no I aren't taking anythink at min not even vitamines I always take folic acid when I find out I am pregnant but people have said I should take amonth before I try to get it in my boby xxxx
jenniepepsi
Jun 27, 2009, 10:57 AM
If your trying to get pregnant folic acid is a good thing to take. Take only 400 mcgs before you are pregnant however.
Folic Acid - March of Dimes (http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/173_769.asp)
DoulaLC
Jun 27, 2009, 03:31 PM
Definitely start taking it while you are trying to get pregnant. One of the benefits is to help prevent birth defects that occur very early in pregnancy... sometimes before you may even know you are pregnant. This is why it is suggested that all women of childbearing age, and certainly those actually trying to become pregnant, should make sure they get adequate amounts.
Many foods and drinks are now fortified with folic acid as well.
jemryan23
Jun 28, 2009, 12:40 AM
If I have fell pregnant then my fist day of my last period start day was 9th June but never the same every month I can go months without one even but I fell both time with the last two with in the fist month of tying so if I have fell how far would I be and when can I test x
DoulaLC
Jun 28, 2009, 05:31 AM
I'd wait and see what happens in July... if you don't have a period by the end of the second week, try a test at that time.