This blog post will walk you through: vitamins to take while pregnant.
What Are Prenatal Vitamins?
Eating a healthy diet is always a wise idea — especially during pregnancy.
What To Look For In Prenatal Vitamins
Prenatal vitamins help ensure that you get the nutrients you need for a healthy pregnancy.
Frequently Asked Questions
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En “eat for two,” but now we know that it’s dangerous to eat twice your usual amount of food during pregnancy.
Instead of “eating for two,” think of it as eating twice as healthy.
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Egnant women should take before and during pregnancy. One thing that expecting mothers might hear about is supplements.
Folic acid/folate
Folic acid, or folate, prevents the risk of your baby being born with a neural tube defect, like spina bifida. What to take: folic acid/folate tablets which contain at least 400 micrograms, every day, from 12 weeks before conception to the end of the first trimester (first 12 weeks, or three months, of pregnancy). Consult with your doctor.
Women should take iodine supplements, and eat iodine rich foods like seafood, iodine fortified bread and iodised table salt, throughout pregnancy and while breastfeeding. What to take: iodine supplements which contain 150 micrograms, every day, from 3 months before and throughout pregnancy and while breastfeeding. Consult with your doctor.
Iron
Your body requires increased iron during pregnancy. Foods with vitamin C will help your body absorb iron. Try to eat a varied diet of nutritious foods from all five food groups – find more tips about healthy eating during pregnancy in our blogs ‘Is it true I can eat for two during pregnancy?’.