Folic acid is important at the time of conception/pregnancy. Just tell her to be careful for now re: sex. According to our fave pharmacist Mature milk contains 33.4 ng/ml of folic acid and folic acid is actively secreted in mom's milk even if mom is deficient. He gives several ref . I goggled cow's milk and got a comparison chart. Human milk 5.2 and cow's milk 5.0, goat milk is deficient in folic acid at 1. Formula has 10! she uses ug/ml This is probably one where the benefits of immunity outweigh the risk of folic acid, but I'm not a chemist :-( Pat in SNJ *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome