I was going to buy Elevit when I was home as we were planning to TTC as soon as we got married. The pharmacy I went to was all out of it and the Pharmacist told me just to get Pregnancy Gold and extra folic acid tablets. When I got back to SIngapore and got pregnant my obstetrician said that was perfectly fine and if I just wanted to take folic acid that would be fine too. All up I was taking slightly more than the recommended dose of 800mcg but it was on the recommendation of both the pharmacist in NZ and my obstetrician here. If you want to take Elevit that's great, but don't feel bad if you just use a pregnancy multi vit and top up the FA