folic acid - anyone worried

Gurgle expert Fiona Ford says:
This research was done in Australia and they reported that the findings may help explain why there has been an increase in allergic asthma in children over the last 20 years.
In the study almost 500 mothers were questioned about their folic acid supplementation, diet and lifestyle habits like smoking. They found that women who took folic acid supplements in late pregnancy were 26 per cent more likely to have children diagnosed with asthma by the time they reached three and a half years old.
In the UK women are advised to take Folic acid supplements conception to 12 weeks of pregnancy decrease the risk of neural tube defects such as spina bifida
The effect of folic acid and asthma in children has not been proven but in time it may be shown that taking folic acid after the first trimester of pregnancy is related to pregnancy and although these results are interesting current advice is still the same.

I took folic acid all the way through my pregnancy, my little boy isn't asthmatic but i am. Like others have said i think the benefits outweigh cons x

i took folic acid all the way through with my first and up to about 28weeks with my second.

neither of my girls have got asthma, and ive got it so they had a higher chance as it was.

The way I read it was that there was a 30 per cent increased risk for children whose mothers took folic acid between weeks 30 and 34 of their pregnancy. Whether I put any stock in it or not though I'm not sure. x

I think the benefits far out weigh the cons cos they're serious like spina bifida. I've been taking folic acid since we started trying and its in pregnacare which i've been taking since i fell pregnant. x

my doctor said to me when i take folic acid it helps to prevent spina bifita how far gone are you hun i am 13 weeks nearly 14 on sunday xx

anyone else worried about using folic acid? i read to day it can lead to asthma in children