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@j87 I’d discuss this with your physician. The studies are for folic acid. There aren’t studies yet on methylfolate. This is the prenatal I take: https://www.naturemade.com/products/nature-made-prenatal-multi-dha-softgels

@j87 Theoretically yes. But like you said above, it’s a lot of greens to eat to meet that requirement. I would not recommend trying to meet your folate requirement from your diet alone. You could take a folate-only pill if you don’t need/want all the other vitamins in a prenatal.

@j87 Different labs have different reference ranges. It’s a bit hard to get 400 mcg of folate by diet alone, which is why we recommend supplements. Neural tube defects are devastating. Would recommend erring towards more folate through a pill rather than potentially being short with your diet.

@j87 Physician here. That’s not that high. Many labs have their upper limit of normal at 950. I wouldn’t spend another second worrying about it. I’m not even sure there was a good indication to test your B12 level unless you have symptoms of B12 deficiency. Please don’t stop your prenatal —...