https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:56:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-1841627 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 02:36:15 +0000 Snowdrop 1841627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Folic acid is present naturally in food anyway so if you have a good diet you probs already have enough. The supplement is just in case you don't. Women have been having babies long before vitamin pills were around! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-1841321 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:18:54 +0000 daniellemybelle 1841321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't take any kind of prenatals until I found out I was (5 weeks) pregnant. I know it's just anecdotal but my daughter is healthy, strong, gorgeous and smart so it worked out. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-1840872 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:32:18 +0000 anandam 1840872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If your diet's weird or it's just something you're concerned about your GP should be able to check - it's a simple blood test and then if you're deficient you can wait or if you're not you can relax and start the BD storm! FWIW mine was checked as part of a routine physical right before we TTC and my levels were actually too HIGH, probably because I'd been on a multivitamin for a year that I maybe didn't need. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-1840069 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:41:34 +0000 looch 1840069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The food you are eating is probably fortified with folic acid, so I wouldn't worry too much, but the official party line is any woman of childbearing age should be taking a folic acid supplement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-1840068 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:40:58 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1840068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: thanks. :happy: For now everything I am reading is interest based and scary. I meet my new obgyn next week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-1840060 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:38:29 +0000 fairy 1840060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only started prenatals 2wks before getting pregnant - I think they are more important when you are pregnant vs ttc but of course it isn't a bad idea to take them early. I have never heard of taking them that long before ttc as a guideline though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-1840057 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:36:07 +0000 yellowbird 1840057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started prenatals the day I got my bfp! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-1840053 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:32:52 +0000 mrs. bird 1840053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: don't worry about it. My old OB-GYN didn't even suggest taking prenatals until after a BFP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-1840019 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:23:34 +0000 snowjewelz 1840019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took regular prenatals but that was it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-1839908 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:15:44 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1839908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Phew! The responses are so reassuring. I have OTC prenatals that are two separate pills. I took the DHA only pill during my TWW and just started the multi vitamin with the folic acid after my BFP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-596335 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:38:35 +0000 oliviaoblivia 596335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's a just-in-case kind of thing. If you have a healthy diet you and LO will probably be fine. My doc prescribes BCP with a prenatal just in case. So I had been taking prenatals for YEARS before TTC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-596285 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:06:54 +0000 sorrycharlie 596285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely not. I'm sure it's good to, but, I didn't and to be honest I skipped a lot of prenatals in the early months cause I was so sick! LO is totally healthy :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-596281 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:04:46 +0000 mrsjyw 596281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-596273 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:58:50 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 596273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is what my dr recommended as well. I've been on prenatals for almost a year while ttc. It's not a bad thing and I've heard it helps with morning sickness. I'm game. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-596110 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:02:13 +0000 sarac 596110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Bread and flour and such in America have folic acid added to them, so most people get enough or close to it just through that. Better to have too much, though, so the supplements are a good idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-596012 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:22:21 +0000 Emsmems 596012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my OB told me to just start taking prenatals when I stopped taking BCPs (TTC or NTNP). So technically it could've been 2 weeks (ish) before I could've gotten pregnant. So don't stress! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-595975 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:58:46 +0000 yoursilverlining 595975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dont stress; before our generation women didn't take prenatals as a rule at all. In most of the world, women still don't take them. They are good to have, but there is no hard and fast rule on them. You'll be fine! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-595956 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:49:55 +0000 MamaMoose 595956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I certainly wouldn't put off TTC just to get more time with the prenatals. Something like 50% of pregnancies in the US are unplanned so those women aren't taking prenatals but most have perfectly healthy babies. </p> <p>And PsS... I also completely overthought every aspect of TTC and pregnancy and motherhood.... Totally normal : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-595948 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:46:08 +0000 tysonja 595948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i did for my first LO, but not for my second (couldn't remember to take it before my BFP.... at 8 weeks.) been taking it now, though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-595946 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:45:10 +0000 photojane 595946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't take any prenatals until a few days after my BFP &amp; baby is very healthy. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-595939 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:43:28 +0000 mlm2934 595939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started prenatals the day after my BFP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-595915 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:32:19 +0000 SleepyMonkey 595915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i took them when i remembered during TTC (i.e. definitely not daily), but definitely not the full 90 days before getting pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-595762 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:33:55 +0000 Bao 595762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started taking a prenatal with it in it a few months before but I wasn't great about taking it everyday. A lot of mommas don't take it until they get pregnant...especially those who don't know they are pregnant for a while, and their babies are perfect! Even starting them before TTC at all you are ahead of the game. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-595756 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:32:31 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 595756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, its not necessary to be taking them for a full three months. Its recommended, and sure, its great, but I definitely wouldn't panic. I started taking mine when we started TTC - I ended up being on them for a full 2 years before actually getting pregnant. Best of luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-595750 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:31:30 +0000 rachiecakes 595750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't - but if I'd known better I would have, just to be safe! I got pregnant so quickly, I didn't expect it to happen so fast. Next time I'll definitely be taking folic acid ahead of time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-595746 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:31:11 +0000 babycanuck 595746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>great!! thanks! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-595733 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:28:59 +0000 Bookish 595733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, you don't have to, it's just something they encourage. I wasn't on them for a full 3 months either. You've started taking them, which is great, and you'll continue taking them after your BFP, which is the important thing :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-595730 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:28:28 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 595730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started taking a prenatal right before our wedding *just in case*... and I guess I'm glad I did, because our first daughter decided she wanted to enjoy our honeymoon and newlywed stage as a fetus.</p> <p>The sooner the better, but I don't think it's a make or break. Hopefully you are getting plenty of folate in cereal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-595722 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:25:53 +0000 HabesBabe 595722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope-- I didn't start taking any prenatals until I got pregnant and LO is healthy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-be-taking-folic-acid-for-a-full-90-days-before-ttc#post-595714 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:22:45 +0000 babycanuck 595714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My GP suggested taking them since we had started talking about kids, and I know the more the better..but I've only been on them for about 6 weeks. Is that too little? Are there momma's out there that didn't take it at all?</p> <p>Sorry if my questions seem dumb. I have no idea what I'm doing!! My GP has been fab - we email back and forth about stuff and she just to have fun with the BD just like everyone else. I find myself overthinking everything, and I'm not even prego yet. </p>