folic acid dosage

Hi, just checking what is your dosage of folic acid? Im 6w2d. Did my first check up today coz im having some spotting. Doc said it might be implantation. He gave me duphaston and want to give me folic acid. Told him i have multi vits that have folic acid (holland and barrett's ultra women) he said i can take that multi vitamins so he nv give folic acid.can u share with me your dosage of folic acid?

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Super Mum

The usual folic acid tablets on their own contain 5mg I think. But that’s way more than required. Your supplements should be adequate. You can also eat foods with natural folic acid (can google that 😊) so you don’t have to take so many tablets

4y ago

Thank you