by bibliojo » Jul 05, 2005 9:29 am
Hello Bethers,
Yes, B6 can give you a sickish feeling. I initially started out on 100 mg of B6 but then reduced the dosage to 50 mg. When I upped the dosage to 100 mg again a couple months before we started to ttc, I handled the 100 mgs a lot better. I can't say that I have had any adverse reactions to the folic acid though. The recommended amount is only .4 mg. My suggestion to you in regards to the B6 and folic acid is take small doses. Maybe start out with 25 mg of B6 and .4 mg of folic acid. If you start to feel sick, drop the B6 and see how you do on the folic acid alone. If you don't feel sick, up the dosages. Just because you start taking the B6 and folic acid does not mean that you have to continue taking them until you start to ttc although it would be preferable that you do take the folic acid as it has shown to significantly reduce neural tube defects in the baby.
Hope this helps,
Joanna
2 HG pregnancies
Lukas - February 2003
Katya - October 2006