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Kellie & All,

I PM'd you just now.

For all interested in this topic. YOU HAVE TO ASK your RE to test for this b/c for some inane reason they do not routinely test for it! It makes no sense b/c it's so common, very dangerous (can result in m/c, spina bifida, gneral health problems not related to pg, etc.) and it's so easy to treat. I honestly don't know why every single woman ttc doesn't get tested routinely.

This is true also about needing to know whether you have 1 or 2 copies. And I agree that most RE's are not competent to treat this b/c they are ignorant about it. I was diagnosed by Dr. Beer my RI (reproductive immunologist) and luckily have been treating this since Feb so my pg will not be affected.

I hope every single one of you will read this and ask your dr. to test you for the MTHFR DNA mutation. You can Google it there is tons of info out there. It is a simple blood test, there is no reason except for ignorance and incompetence that every single of of you out there hasn't been tested. It makes me sad that we have to be our own doctors despite paying our drs so much money. So please advoacate for yourselves!