RPL & others, How much folic acid did/do you take while TTC?

Re: RPL & others, How much folic acid did/do you take while TTC?

• itsmevkb member

  July 2011

  I take about 4mg daily along with increased B vitamins.

  Kelly, Mom to Christopher Shannon 9.27.06, Catherine Quinn 2.24.09, Trey Barton lost on 12.28.09, Therese Barton lost on 6.10.10, Joseph Sullivan 7.23.11, and our latest, Victoria Maren 11.15.12

  Secondary infertility success with IVF, then two losses, one at 14 weeks and one at 10 weeks, then success with IUI and then just pure, crazy luck.  Expecting our fifth in May as the result of a FET.

  This Cluttered Life

  Report0 Reply
• Loading the player...
• naflmj member

  July 2011

  I'm on 5mg w/extra B vit plus whatever is in my pre-natal.

  "Normal day, let me be aware of the treasured day you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart...let me hold you while I may."

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  TTC #1- unexplained...lost left ovary 4/07 IUI #1 2/10/09-BFN IUI #2 3/5/09-BFN IVF # 1-BFP

  TTC#2- FET 4/7/11 BFP, Natural mc 5/5/11 IVF#2 ER 9/13/11, ET 9/16/11, Beta #1 9/27/11 BFP 254 Beta #2 9/30/11 793 -Twins!

  Report0 Reply
• GenRN45

  July 2011

  5mg folic acid, 100mg b6 + whatever is in my prenatal BUT extra folic acid is really only necessary for MTHFR.

  Dx: MFI, DOR, 9 Fibroids and homozygous MTHFR
  
  
  
  "Smudge's Story - How to Grow a Dandelion" will return soon!
  The Dandelion Archive
  "If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn."
  
  

  Report0 Reply
• DavezWife member

  July 2011

  itsmevkb:

  I take about 4mg daily along with increased B vitamins.

  All B's?  And the only way to get the larger dose folic is thru rx, right?

  I'm wondering if this is something I throw at myself?

  Join us - Commit Random Acts of Kindness, and say "I did it for Cricket"

  Report0 Reply
• sweetpea18 member

  July 2011

  I was on folgard, so whatever is in that (I honestly don't remember!) plus my rx prenatal.

  Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml

  Report0 Reply
• flbeachcouple

  July 2011

  DavezWife:

  I'm wondering if this is something I throw at myself?

  Me too???

  

  Report0 Reply
• NiniJ55 member

  July 2011

  DavezWife:

  itsmevkb:

  I take about 4mg daily along with increased B vitamins.

  All B's?  And the only way to get the larger dose folic is thru rx, right?

  I'm wondering if this is something I throw at myself?

  I think you can get a folic acid supplement over the counter.

  I was just taking my prenatals - nothing extra.

   

  

  Report0 Reply
• naflmj member

  July 2011

  DavezWife:

  itsmevkb:

  I take about 4mg daily along with increased B vitamins.

  All B's?  And the only way to get the larger dose folic is thru rx, right?

  I'm wondering if this is something I throw at myself?

  Drugstore.com has folbee plus (what I have been prescribed)...no prescription needed...you can also take a boatload of folic acid supplements but I would need 10+/day to achieve that. I think it's B6 and B12 but I don't have the bottle in front of me.

  "Normal day, let me be aware of the treasured day you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart...let me hold you while I may."

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  TTC #1- unexplained...lost left ovary 4/07 IUI #1 2/10/09-BFN IUI #2 3/5/09-BFN IVF # 1-BFP

  TTC#2- FET 4/7/11 BFP, Natural mc 5/5/11 IVF#2 ER 9/13/11, ET 9/16/11, Beta #1 9/27/11 BFP 254 Beta #2 9/30/11 793 -Twins!

  Report0 Reply
• itsmevkb member

  July 2011

  flbeachcouple:

  DavezWife:

  I'm wondering if this is something I throw at myself?

  Me too???

  I do have a prescription for Fabb tabs but it's just a mix of folic plus b vitamins (2.2 mg Folic Acid, 25 mg pyridoxine (Vitamin B-6), and 1 mg cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B-12 to be exact) so you could easily buy those quantities over the counter. 

  Because I wanted to up my dose to at least 4mg I added up the folic that I get with the Fabb tabs, then what I get from my prenatal and figured I still needed another 800 so I take two 400 folic pills a day.  They are small and easy to swallow.  Then I did the same with the B vitamins and take an additional super B complex vitamin daily to supplement the Fabb tabs and prenatal.

  Kelly, Mom to Christopher Shannon 9.27.06, Catherine Quinn 2.24.09, Trey Barton lost on 12.28.09, Therese Barton lost on 6.10.10, Joseph Sullivan 7.23.11, and our latest, Victoria Maren 11.15.12

  Secondary infertility success with IVF, then two losses, one at 14 weeks and one at 10 weeks, then success with IUI and then just pure, crazy luck.  Expecting our fifth in May as the result of a FET.

  This Cluttered Life

  Report0 Reply