BFP!

[MommaW]

Today, at 11dpo, I received a quick positive! This will be baby number 4 and we have been TTC since April. Hoping our girl sway was successful, but will be blessed either way. I have been taking 1600mcg of Folic acid a day along with 5000iu of vitamin d3 weekly, and 18mg iron and 15MG zinc 3x week. How do I go about changing to a prenatal vitamin? I think the prenatal I was looking at had 1000mg of folic acid.

[MommaW]

I've read to take throughout first four months then slowly wean. Does that mean I continue to take 1600mcg for the next three months? Or do I start cutting back now by taking 1200mcg? Then next week the 1000mcg in my prenatal?

[atomic sagebrush]

Most of the prenatals will have the iron and zinc you're already taking so you can just switch those over.

You need to take the same amount of folic overall so just adjust what you're taking to compensate for the amount in the prenatal. It's ok to increase it a bit but don't decrease till out of first tri then you can wean off.

Vit. D at your doctor's discretion - some should take that amount all thru pregnancy if deficient.

[atomic sagebrush]

I've read to take throughout first four months then slowly wean. Does that mean I continue to take 1600mcg for the next three months? Or do I start cutting back now by taking 1200mcg? Then next week the 1000mcg in my prenatal?

First trimester - to 12 weeks (so 3 months) and then slowly wean back to amount in prenatal.. If you have 400 mcg what you should do is either take the prenatal plus one more pill to get to 1400 or take TWO more to get to 1800.

[MommaW]

I have been splitting an 800mcg tablet into fourths and taking 3 of those (600mcg) plus my prenatal that has 1000mcg. Is this okay? Or should I disregard splitting and just take 1800mcg? I don't want to take too much (of that's possible).

[atomic sagebrush]

I'd just take 1800 mcg. I have just answered this in another post if you're interested re safety of folic supps https://genderdreaming.com/forum/try...tml#post941563