B Vitamins (folic acid is one of 8) are water soluble.  If mom's milk picked 
up extra the baby would pee out what he doesn't need.  They don't last long 
in the body and need to be replenished frequently.

Are they sure she needs 4 mg?  Hale says doses > 1mg/day aren't recommended. 
Is this a case of " if 1 mg will work, we'll use 4 mg to be sure"?  Maybe Dr 
Hale or Dr Nice could elaborate. If you get a better answer, be sure and 
share it :-)  Pat in SNJ 

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