Bfp! Afraid to take folic acid?!

[Babyxx]

Thank you to the last two replies. I live in Canada so unfortunately amazon is ridiculous with the extra taxes to get it here. I ended up buying the only one I could find here,it was $10.00 off, so it was $55.00 plus tax! Ugh we get gouged here in Canada, but I think it's worth it.
I also agree that eating organic is the best way to go, people often make fun of me about it, so it's nice to hear of other informed people who are on the same page as myself
Thanks again ladies!

[maidentomother]

Wow that's more than I paid here, even in euros, and including shipping from uk via us! That is very pricey! If vitacost.com ships to Canada check them out, they have the cheapest prices on most supplements in the US. I miss that site so much, sigh.

[atomic sagebrush]

Thank you everyone for the responses.
Ok folate is very hard to find, I found one pre natal that has it, and it was very expensive. You are supposed to take 4 pills a day, (200mcg folate per pill) so I was wondering, is it ok to maybe take 2 of those a day and 500mcg of folic acid? Or would that not be enough? Atomic, should it just stick with folic acid at 100mcg per day?

Thanks!

Exactly, and that's why I continue to recommend folic acid, because I can see people trying to find it, and not able to or else not able to afford it, and just like you, being scared away from folic acid which is perfectly fine and safe for most people and 100% proven to prevent birth defects.

We have to live in the real world, not the "ideal".

Personally, unless you have been tested for MTHFR and found to have it, I'd stick with the folic acid, but it is largely up to you - you have to do what you can live with. Half and half may be better than just folic if you can afford that.

[atomic sagebrush]

We have to live in the real world here and not everyone can afford these things or find them.

In an ideal world we'd all have the best of the best of the best of everything all the time but it doesn't always work that way for everyone. I try to take a lot of different factors into consideration when I make recommendations and expense is one of them.

[djmommy]

I take the Solgar folate as well!

[Babyxx]

Thanks everyone,

Yep I'm taking a bit of both, 1500 folic acid and 400 folate. And yes I really do agree with atomic, it's not an ideal world, hopefully this is my last pg and everything goes well and I don't have to think about folic acid after this
And yes I have heard of the solgar brand, I heard it's very good, prob would end up being the same with shipping as the one I got, we really pay a premium in Canada yet have very little selection, it drives me nuts!