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My husband and I decided a month ago that we would try to have a baby, so I stopped taking my birth control pill. We are both so excited and can't wait to get pregnant. I just started taking folic acid, but I read somewhere that I should take prenatal vitamins. Should I take those instead of the folic acid, or as well as the folic acid?

Since we have only been trying for a month, I know it is very unlikely that it will happen right away, but I have to ask. I am about 3 days late on getting my period, which I know could be because I just stopped taking birth control about a month ago. I have also been getting headaches, and I just started eating peanut butter and peanuts, which I have never had a desire to eat before. I also have been peeing a lot, have to get up in the middle of the night as well. Do you think there is even a possibility that I may be pregnant? And how soon should I test? I know its a long shot....maybe I just want it so bad I am imagining having these symptoms.
Tray34
Tray34
I think you should take a test tomorrow morning.I took folic acid until I got pregnant and then switched to prenatal vitamins.It is very possible to get pregnant that fast.Good luck..
nikki20
nikki20
I agree with Tray you should for sure take a test. I am crazy though I wouldnt be able to wait till tomorrow :)
I also took folic acid until I found out I was pregnant then I switched to prenatals.

Peanut butter is my favorite when I am pregnant.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Thanks so much ladies....I am so afraid to get excited at the idea and even more afraid to take a test. I just don't want to be disappointed.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I never took the folic acid alone. I don't think I'm qualified enough to really say it's safe or unsafe to take both at the same time. Perhaps a pharmacist would know. I DO know that I had been told, when I was TTC, that I should start taking prenatal vitamins about 1-2 months prior to trying because that way, your body has a good supply of vitamins and nutrients to help your body the pregnancy from the start.

I would DEFINITELY take a home pregnancy test up to 5 days before your missed period. If you're already late, try taking it! One of my first symptoms was getting up once in the middle of the night to pee (I NEVER had that issue when I wasn't pregnant).

Also, be careful with consuming too many peanuts. I've read that it can make your baby allergic to peanuts when he/she is born. You might want to ask just to be safe. (I still eat crunchy peanut butter, just not too often).

Good luck!!! Keep us updated!!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Thanks Dee2006! I think I will go out tonight and buy a test. I am just so nervous. I haven't been eating a lot of peanuts...lol...but its so weird that I am eating them at all because I didn't really like them before. I am a little worried because I don't really have any of the normal sypmtoms like nausea, or sore breats. But I guess everyone is different.
deleted_user
deleted_user
The prenatals contain folic acid, so don't take both. Prenatals will also contain extra calcium and Iron etc, so I would take those.

Good luck with your test!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Just wanted to thank everyone for all the advice once again. I did take a pregnancy test earlier tonight, and it was negative. I am so disappointed. But I will try to be positive and hope it will happen for us soon.
lvnikita
lvnikita
The only way to know if you are pregnant is to test! I took a prenatal vitamin,as well as an extra follic acid tablet. Good luck. Hope you get a positive test soon!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Anytime you quit b/c you can ovulate!! As long as there were no previous fertility issues anything is possible and since you had a neg hpt take one in 3 days from now....And depending on how long you have been on b/c it could take your body a while to regulate and get back to doing things on its own....Good luck and GOD BLESS have a great day!!!
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