Folic Acid dosage

It's recommended that all women who could get pregnant should take a daily supplement of 400 micrograms of folic acid before they're pregnant and during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, when the baby's spine is developing. If you did not take folic acid supplements before getting pregnant, you should start taking them as soon as you find out you're pregnant.You need to take folic acid supplements (easily available in pharmacies) because it would be almost impossible to get enough folic acid just from food.