FOR the health of mother and baby, it is advisable to take vitamins during pregnancy. There is a multivitamin specially formulated to correct nutritional deficiencies in the diet of the mother. While the supplements contain several vitamins and minerals, folic acid, iron and calcium are needed most.
Folic acid can reduce the risk of birth defects in the brain and spinal cord, called a "neural tube". Babies with abnormalities of the spinal cord, it is often the case infants, ie, where the baby is born with a spine that is not fused. Her nerves were damaged, leaving the child with varying degrees of paralysis, incontinence, and sometimes mental retardation (mental retardation).
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