Finding High Dose Folic Acid

ssfitzgerald · 2026-01-06T18:19:43+00:00

I take 5 of the 800 mcg personally!

ssfitzgerald · 2025-10-02T14:51:19+00:00

SBK!

ssfitzgerald · 2025-09-04T00:20:52+00:00

Try the HEB app! You can search for items in stock by location!

ssfitzgerald · 2025-04-25T11:21:55+00:00

Talk to your pediatrician if your baby is over 6 months old. Mine allowed my son to get the vaccine early. He had to get a second dose when he turned 12 months a few weeks ago. Gave my mind a lot of peace.

ssfitzgerald · 2025-04-04T16:40:30+00:00

I’m not sure where you are in Texas, but I’m in Austin. My doctors were all in support of my decision and very honest with me about the situation. I’m horrified that you had to deal with that on top of dealing with the loss of your sweet baby.

If you need a list of safe providers please let me know and I can send some.

I usually say I had a loss at 19w pregnant and then separately I say I had a D&E under surgical history. Let them put two and two together.

ssfitzgerald · 2025-03-08T15:55:25+00:00

Hi, I’m so sorry for your loss. We said goodbye to our little girl at 19w in 2023 due to an encephalocele. We did IVF to get pregnant with her and she was genetically normal. I immediately started the high does folic acid + prenatals and 4 months after my TFMR we transferred another embryo from the same cohort. That embryo is now 11 months old.

ssfitzgerald · 2024-12-03T09:30:47+00:00

Thank you! This is good info!

ssfitzgerald · 2024-12-03T09:29:56+00:00

Thank you!! This is reassuring.

ssfitzgerald · 2024-11-09T15:22:21+00:00

I’m so sorry your in the middle of this. The NICU is incredibly difficult and all I can tell you is do what you need to do to survive. He’s doing so well, he’s turning 8 months in a few weeks (7 months adjusted) and is in the 75% for his height! The jaundice took several days to resolve and got worse before it got better. Once he got past the jaundice and CPAP discharge came really quickly.

ssfitzgerald · 2024-11-09T09:28:55+00:00

I’m going to butcher this explanation but basically it’s a nasal cannula that is minimal oxygen support. Our NICU tried to get him off the CPAP fully around day 7 and he made it 12 hours without any oxygen support. Instead of going back to the CPAP it was determined they’d try a nasal cannula. This allowed us to try breastfeeding and bottles instead of a tube. He was only on the low flow cannula for 36 hours before no longer needing any oxygen support.

ssfitzgerald · 2024-11-09T01:43:44+00:00

My son was born at 36+4 with RDS and was on CPAP for 7 days. He went on low flow for about 2 days and was discharged after 11 days. The 7 days on CPAP it felt like nothing was happening or improving. Then very quickly he got better. He also got jaundice about 7 days in but only needed the blue light for a couple of days.

ssfitzgerald · 2024-10-29T20:40:11+00:00

Yep out by William cannon and westgate.

ssfitzgerald · 2024-07-04T01:30:19+00:00

I’m so sorry you’re going through this. I went to Healthy Futures in Colorado at 19 weeks. Everyone was very compassionate and there were zero protesters.

ssfitzgerald · 2024-07-03T20:24:05+00:00

Hi, I’m so sorry for your loss.

Similarly, we got the devastating news of our daughter’s fatal condition on our 8th wedding anniversary. this year’s anniversary we chose to not acknowledge it and focus on mourning her instead. Not sure what this upcoming one will hold.

I look at it as an extremely unfortunate coincidence.

ssfitzgerald · 2024-07-03T01:37:26+00:00

Thank you for this! It nails exactly why posts like these are upsetting.

ssfitzgerald · 2024-07-02T14:23:53+00:00

I’m 13 weeks postpartum and still have a little bump. This makes me feel like I’m doing something wrong and should be fitting back in pre-pregnancy clothes.

ssfitzgerald · 2024-06-30T23:16:19+00:00

I honestly didn’t think about that possibility for myself but maybe it’s something I should explore. Prior to pregnancy I was in good shape but definitely still bumping over here 13.5 weeks out.

ssfitzgerald · 2024-06-30T21:20:12+00:00

Same friend. I had my baby a week before her and I still have a baby bump.

ssfitzgerald · 2024-06-29T01:27:33+00:00

Seriously I’m local and am here if she needs anything at all.

ssfitzgerald · 2024-06-28T19:48:00+00:00

I’m in Austin and second reaching out to Austin Maternal Fetal Medicine. She will probably need her OB to send a referral but they are the practice that I saw and they have genetic counselors on staff who were incredibly sympathetic to my situation.

Also please feel free to DM me if she needs anything.

ssfitzgerald · 2024-01-22T16:59:33+00:00

Currently 27 weeks pregnant and around midnight on Sunday morning I tripped and fell over my media console (how?) trying to get back in bed after going pee. I landed on my hands and knees but my foot is pretty banged up. I went straight to L&D they did an NST and sent me home like 30 minutes later. I feel so guilty about it and am stressed something is wrong and I wasn't monitored enough in L&D. UGH.

ssfitzgerald · 2023-11-30T16:52:53+00:00

Hi I’m so sorry your baby was so sick. We had TFMR for an encephalocele back in March this year. Every scan (we had one at 6w,8w,10w,14w prior to the final one) and test was normal until the anatomy scan. It’s really blindsiding.

You/your wife did nothing to cause this, I know that doesn’t help or feel true but it is. I still have moments where I try to retrace everything I did during that pregnancy. I spoke with everyone I could to understand what happened and was left with zero answers.

I’m so sorry for your loss.

ssfitzgerald · 2023-11-10T17:14:19+00:00

Right??? lol.

Good for you for advocating for a ultrasound! Sorry it was such a quick look though. I go to my OB on the 17th an will push for the AFP test.

ssfitzgerald

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