I need help on that question too. Is it only the first 12 weeks you need folic acid? Im 7 months now, but I only took it for that long, and I dont take any prenatal vitamins, is it necessary if im eating healthily?

You're suppose to take prenatal vitamins when you start trying because it's important during the beginning. The prenatal vitamins I got from wal-mart has 800 mg.

Prenatals are for you, it's for replacing what the baby takes away, but i'm sure the baby gets some of it aswell since it's going into your body and so on.

Mine made me sick at first, but my doc said taking 2 flinstone vitamins a day would be just as good, if not better.

I cant take prenatals their bloody horsepill and I have actually choked on on them and that scared the caca right out of me, I tried mashing them and putting them in liqiud and I just wanted to puke

I asked my dr what other choices I have and he said childrens vitamins depedning on how you feel you can take 1-2 a day and their alot better for you like dalicia lynn said..............

As for folic acid it can (underline this word) can stop spinal bifida I took it for five months with elisa and once u/s showed nothing abnormal I stopped taking them, now I dont recommend this cause I dont know ur family history........ You are supposed to start taking folic acid as soon as you think you are preggo or you can eat alot of bloody greens as prenatals dont contain enough folic acids. Ask your dr first but if you cant take prenatals take children chewable vitamins they taste better too lol.

Wish you luck