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    Laxative effect by folic acid??

    Anyone experienced laxative effect by megadoses of folic acid??? M suffering now i was taking 2000mcg daily but from pas few day its bothering me alot very lose stools (tmi) should i wean off ??


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    YES!!!! I have spread it through the day which has help quite a bit. The folic acid I mean, not the loose stools. Lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wanting a daughter View Post
    YES!!!! I have spread it through the day which has help quite a bit. The folic acid I mean, not the loose stools. Lol
    M suffering alot i was also taking small doses 400 mcg each tym but still


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    IF you were taking it and this has just started, I am skeptical as to whether this is the folic or not. I have had really loose stools with a couple of my pg and I think pregnancy causes it for some people.
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    I wish! I take 1000mcg FA am and pm, still constipated as usual.

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    Quote Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush View Post
    IF you were taking it and this has just started, I am skeptical as to whether this is the folic or not. I have had really loose stools with a couple of my pg and I think pregnancy causes it for some people.
    Thanks u may be right.i was badly constipated when i was preggo with my DD.i started 2000mcg folic acid from the day i got bfp but really lose stools started few days ago so it might be pregnancy


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    That's odd because this is the first pregnancy in which I've had loose stools! Not that I'm complaining as constipation is just one more pregnancy ailment I can do without. But it would be interesting to know whether it was due to the pregnancy or something in the multivitamins I'm taking. Also taking extra iron supplements due to anemia. I'm quite curious, myself.

    Why are you taking so much folic acid btw? I'm pregnant with twins and midwife told me not to double the dose of my multivitamins and consultant said nothing about taking extra folic acid. Am I missing something?












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