Folic Acid...

[Two]

Do we still need to keep taking the folic acid or is it only for the first trimester?

 

[jennywigan]

i think its just up untill your 12 weeks xx

 

[KikoDinoGirl]

Yep up until 12 weeks for spinal development and stuff.

 

[DaisieBee]

i take pregnacare and it says to take until done breastfeeding

 

[allycat]

I took mine until 12 weeks as I thought that was all you had to do and my 20 week anomaly scan showed her neck and spine to be normal

 

[gems2209]

yes it's up untill 12wks with stright forward folic acid, its in the pregnacare vitamins which you can take all the way through but this because it's a vitamin so has loads of other stuff in it, i was taking these but the last few weeks i keep forgetting to take them Not much point now lol

 

[SoonToBeMrs]

Almost essential in first tri.. optional in second and third.. I stopped taking mine, mainly because I'm on iron and with folic acid it's just too many pills to remember

 

[HollyHobby]

I'm bad at taking mine these days, I just never remember and might have 3 pregnacare a week, but I think first 12 weeks is more important.

 

[Serendipity_]

I took my folic acid until I got really sicky and then cos I couldn't keep nothing down, I just didn't take it........ Oh my Gosh, I feel bad...

 

[Zoe~Louise]

i took mine till 12 weeks

but have been told to carry on cos my iron levels were low lol

 

[Frog99]

I took them from week 6. I threw a couple back up with sickness and forgot for a few days here and there.
I'm on Pregnacare now which contains other vitamins too - I'm going to keep taking them but I was going to ask the midwife next week - I think I'm low on iron anyway.

I wouldn't worry too much about these sorts of things - pretty sure our ancestors didn't take them and still plenty of people populating the earth!

 

[Zoe~Louise]

u constantly pale and always tired frogg?

 

[Frog99]

I've ALWAYS been pale since way before pregnancy. I'm always tried too - again always have been. I've had thyriod tests in the past and the doctors have never found anything wrong with me except that I need more sleep than average (around 10hrs).

I'm been feeling faint quite a bit recently though which suggests something might be going on....