Folate ingredients. Which one to go for?

Question

Hey everyone I am trying to have a natural pregnancy.ive been reading a lot about folic acid and the natural alternative. But when I go out and look for folate there are so many options and the actual ingredients are different some say they are L-Methylfolate, 5-MTH etc.
Do you have any recommendations on this? Have you gone through the same thing? 
I'm too co fused with so many variations, dont want to do the wrong thing for my baby, help!

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L-methylfolate and 5-MTHF are the same thing. If you get a prenatal with folate (the natural food-based version of folic acid) your body will convert it to L-methylfolate. Leafy greens contain folate in them, so your body naturally converts it all the time. Some prenatals say they contain L-methylfolate or 5-MTHF, which is just the bio active form of folate so your body doesn’t have to do as much work to convert it. 
Any prenatal with folate, L-methylfolate, or 5-MTHF are perfectly fine, unless you know you have the MTHFR gene mutation which essentially makes it harder body to convert folate to the bio active form, in which case you should make sure you get L-methylfolate or 5-MTHF so that your body has no issues absorbing it and to ensure your baby gets enough. Folic acid is the synthetic version and it’s harder for your body to absorb and convert, so if you take too much of it you can actually accumulate too much. It’s generally not an issue if you’re only taking it during your pregnancy for 9 months, but if you take it regularly it can cause issues. It’s always best to stick to the food based folate or the bio active forms so your body takes what it needs and easily expels the rest.
My favorite prenatals are Garden of Life raw prenatals or Megafood Baby and Me 2. There are other good ones, but these are the only two I’ve actually tried after reading the ingredients, and they both have good forms of folate.

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I take L-5-MTHF, it's a methylated folate. 
From Seekinghealth.com

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I've read alot about methylfolate so I take that..my OB didnt even know about it if u can believe that..the practice I go to has alot of midwives n one is an herbalist.I call her usually but this time didnt ask for her.I was shocked that she didnt know but I follow some of It Starts w The Egg bc I know the dr s reviews are real ..methyl folate is mentioned there alot.

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You want to take Folate, specifically methylated folate (you’ll see on label as L-methylfolate or 5-methyltetrahydrofolate or abbreviated as in your original post )
Essentially you just want to avoid “folic acid” which is the synthetic form of folate and many people have issue absorbing it due to genetic

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Look into Thorne prenatals 💕

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Best to talk to your doctor or midwife about things like this

Folate ingredients. Which one to go for?

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