Folic Acid
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Topic: Folic Acid
Posted By: Cassie
Subject: Folic Acid
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 4:22pm
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So, my midwife and Dr both said take it for the first 12 weeks of my pregnancy, but the bottle says for 12 weeks from conception which is theoretically two weeks into the pregnancy, so do you take it until week 14?
I will keep taking it for now, but is there any danger in taking it for longer than that period of the pregnancy? Sorry if it's a silly question! ------------- ~Cassie~   
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 4:32pm
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My doc told me that body only absorbs enough to sustain the pregnancy and discards any extras so no I think it is safe...and I would keep taking them till they are finished!!
I know I started taking mine when I first started TTC and am still taking them. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 4:52pm
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Elevit has folic acid and you are supposed to take that (for the vitamins) the whole preg and breast feeding so I'm sure too much Folic acid would get discarded like Roksana said
edited to fix baby-brained spelling -------------   
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Posted By: LeahandJoel
Date Posted: 27 April 2008 at 6:32pm
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I started taking mine about 2 months before I got pregnant and stopped at about 14 weeks as that was when the bottle ran out. Figured better too much than not enough! |
Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 8:55am
| I took elevit for 6 weeks when I found out I was preg (2 months in), and discovered my body has a nasty reaction to too much folic acid. So those went out the window pretty quick. |
Posted By: KABJ99
Date Posted: 28 April 2008 at 9:42am
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Folic Acid is a B Vitamin which means it is water soluable. Anything that the body doesn't need it will get rid of in the urine.
I took folic acid for about 18 months prior to getting pregnant (that hows long it took us) and I had to buy a new bottle only a week or so before the three months were up so just kept taking them until they ran out close on 4 months. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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