Question

A 33-year-old woman with a new pregnancy has a history of a neural tube defect in a prior child. What is the folic acid recommendation?

Accepted Answer

4 mg daily starting at least 1 month preconception through 12 weeks

Answer

0.4 mg daily

Answer

1 mg daily

Answer

No folic acid needed

Answer

Begin folic acid at 20 weeks

Practice question

A 33-year-old woman with a new pregnancy has a history of a neural tube defect in a prior child. What is the folic acid recommendation?