Hi ladies, I didn’t take folic acid at all and I’m 12 weeks and 3 days pregnant now. The doctor said I didn’t have to take it unless I felt nauseous but then google said it’s important to take it up until 12 weeks of pregnancy to decrease chances of birth defects like Neural tube defect. Now I’m just worried cause I hope this doctor didn’t tell me the wrong thing! He took weeks to finally give me prenatal vitamins because my insurance didn’t cover the ones I picked and the ones he picked so I finally got my prenatals today. But I’m mostly worried about not taking folic acid 🥺 did anyone not taking folic acid their first 12 weeks of pregnancy and baby was born healthy? I have a 1 year old now and I started taking prenatal that contain folic acid when I was 8 weeks pregnant with him and he’s healthy.

Thank you!