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I'm taking the same as you, plus 5mg folic. But, that's coz earlier Dr Ho prescibed me only 1 30mg iron pill. Then, he asked me to continue my folic. But, I couldn't take his iron, so I changed to the iron multi-vit myself as I had balance stock from polyclinic. I told him during last visit that I'm taking the iron multi-vit and he said it's ok.
I got this from baby centre.
But everyone does agree that you need to take 400 micrograms (mcg) of folic acid a day (in addition to the folic acid you get from food) at least a month before you start trying to get pregnant and during your first trimester. (In fact, since half of all pregnancies are unplanned, the U.S. Public Health Service recommends that ALL women of childbearing age take 400 mcg of folic acid a day.) And the recommended amount goes up to 600 mcg a day once you're pregnant.
That's because research has shown that doing this can reduce the risk of neural tube defects in your baby by up to 70 percent. If you do take a prenatal supplement, it's likely to contain between 600 and 1,000 mcg of folic acid. If you don't take one, make sure you still take a separate folic acid supplement. If you've previously had a baby with neural tube defects, you'll need to take 4,000 mcg, or 4 milligrams, of this vitamin each day starting at least a month before conception; see your practitioner about getting a prescription for pills that provide this larger dose.
So, I think the 1mg of folic in the iron multi-vit seems sufficient. I will check with Dr Ho on my 5mg of folic and let you know.
Celine
What's the accident abt the mattress.. didn't read abt that so far.
StyloBB / MH
My friend's passing me a cot and a playpen. But, since my mum is looking after the bb, I was thinking that I might need 2 cots. So, was thinking of this idea. I'll put the cot with me during confinement. Then, I'll monitor if bb likes sleeping in cot. If he's ok, I'll then buy another cot for my mum's place. Otherwise, will have the cot in my house and playpen at my mum's place. What do you mummies think, pls? Do-able?