When did you stop taking folic acid?

[b0nnieN]

Did you stop taking folic acid? If so, when did you stop? I'm 12w2d and I'm not sure when to stop... I feel like the folic acid intensified my nausea/vomiting (or it could just be in my head 😩)

I’m 21 weeks but I just take mine in a daily multivitamin designed for pregnancy, but if it’s a folic acid tablet on its own could you try halving the dose for a week or something to see if it is affecting the nausea?

Like @Catlover10 I've switched to the prenatal vitamins and it has folic acid included

At my 16wk appt, my midwife said to stop the Folic Acid, and all I needed was Vit D.

NHS advice is that you need it for 3 months prior to conception and during the first trimester. I stopped around 12 weeks and now just take vit D and iron.

I stopped after my 12 week scan

I stopped pretty much as soon as my 12 week scan, but I wasn’t taking it daily before that because some days I just couldn’t face it, it was definitely contributing to my nausea because as soon as I stopped I felt better

I was on 5mg. Stopped at 20 weeks. Midwife said it was as fine to stop at 12 though. I have looked everywhere but not found evidence of a detrimental effect from extended use, but I have seen a couple of threads where consultants recommended OPs kept taking them. I'm 41 with a BMI of 30 and had 2 MCs last year so I just carried on until I finished the packet. It isn't supposed to make much of a difference after 12 weeks though.

I don't know whether it's the folic acid or vitamin d but my nails have been so much better.

When I was pregnant with DS I took the general pregnancy multivitamins right up to 30 odd weeks as I didn't find out you could stop until then

I am on 5mg and was prescribed 9-months worth of it for the entire duration.