vitamins-health questions

Eva, my vitamin tablets do contain folic acid. And folic acid is only important until week 14. Did you get properly informed by the midwife? ...but I'll keep taking the regular vitamin pills, so I won't be short on folic acid. Have you ever looked at what's in a 'regular' vitamin tablet? Before you say there's no folic acid in it... well, there is. But my question was actually about pregnancy vitamin pills, not folic acid. So I don't need to "rush" to the drugstore, ha ha (sorry, I find your reaction a bit over the top, can't help it).

Katie, you could respond a bit more kindly. I think Eva is just trying to give you well-meaning advice.

You'll also get enough iron with a balanced diet, so that's fine. Having a glass of orange juice after eating helps your body absorb iron better from your food.

By the way, I also think it's a shame that you're getting a bit carried away with Eva. This is a friendly forum where we don't start drama for no reason.
It doesn't seem like a crazy assumption that there's 500mg of folic acid in regular vitamin pills, but that's beside the point. You've probably already looked into it. Folic acid is indeed important for your placenta throughout the entire pregnancy, not just in the first trimester.

Hi Katie and the rest,

I’m a pharmacist and pregnant, so I hope I can help you with my knowledge and experience hehe

As a pregnant person, you definitely need folic acid (400mg) and vitamin D (10mg).
Folic acid is indeed very important to take during the first trimester, but it’s no harm to continue taking it throughout the whole pregnancy.
It’s also important that the multivitamin doesn’t contain vitamin A, since that’s bad for the baby. Pro-vitamin A (beta-carotene) is fine though!
The reason many pregnant women also take iron is because they can develop an iron deficiency during pregnancy, which can make them feel very tired. If your iron levels were good when they did the blood test (in the first trimester), and you eat enough iron-rich foods, you don’t necessarily need to take extra iron.

I hope I’ve helped you enough?

Wishing you a lovely pregnancy!!