Recommendations

Question 1

Daily recommended vitamin D during pregnancy

Answer 1

10micrograms

Question 2

Daily recommended folic acid during pregnancy

Answer 2

400micrograms

Question 3

Which patient’s require a higher dose of folic acid + what is the dose + for how long?

Answer 3

5mg daily until at least the 12th week of pregnancy - diabetics/coeliac disease/sickle cell disease/history of neural tube defects/taking methotrexate/ patients taking anti-convulsants (sodium valproate