Resources

Below is the research I found when trying to determine if MTHFR was what might be causing our babies birth defects. Feel free to use this compilation to present evidence to your doctor if he/she is ignorant of MTHFR and PLEASE feel free to add links to your own research as well in the comments if you know of an article or study that may be of interest to any heart mommas and papas.

Also, the vitamin regimen I was on is as follows. Make sure you check with your doctor or nutritionist when pregnant and changing your supplements.

• Thornes Basic Prenatal (contains methylfolate and other bioavailable vitamins that are easier to absorb)
• Extra methylfolate (B9) instead of folic acid and methylcobalamin (B12)
• Daily DHA supplement
• Calcium supplement
• Probiotic
• Flax Seed
• Change of diet including eliminating wheat and reducing my intake of dairy and sugar.

Research Abstracts/Studies:

http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/8/981
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22047507
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10500018
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(03)13080-2/abstract
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11807890
http://www.cell.com/AJHG/abstract/S0002-9297(07)63249-2
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23184006
www.jpands.org/vol9no4/boris.pdf
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23201418
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22868813
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/70/4/495.short
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1287522
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2910950/?report=printable
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20657745
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23234018
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23295071

Articles:
http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/fruit-womb/mthfr-mutations-and-congenital-heart-defects
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/birthdefects/risk/risk-hlhs.shtm
http://holisticprimarycare.net/topics/topics-a-g/functional-medicine/1353-mthfr-mutation-a-missing-piece-in-the-chronic-disease-puzzle
http://mthfr.net/recurrent-pregnancy-loss-mthfr/2012/06/07/
http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/fruit-womb/down-syndrome-and-folate-metabolism-2
www.nwhealthcare.net/index.php?id=64
http://mthfr.net/mthfr-mutations-and-the-conditions-they-cause/2011/09/07/
http://mthfr.net/mthfr-c677t-mutation-basic-protocol/2012/02/24/
http://dpuadweb.depauw.edu/$1~cfornari/disgen/webpage/diagnosis.htm