The scoop on prenatal vitamins, their use and their benefit.
Prenatal vitamins are something that nearly everyone has heard about. But what do prenatal vitamins do, how do they work and what happens if you don't take them?
Prenatal vitamins are important for your dietary needs as a supplement but sometimes taking them isn't so easy. Here are some common problems with prenatal vitamins and some solutions.
Prenatal vitamins are seen as a cure all for what ails you in pregnancy. This myth can lead to women not being as careful as they need to be believing that the prenatal vitamin that they take will protect them.
Your vitamins may not be the help you believe them to be. Look for common misconceptions about vitamin usage.
Information and links on anemia during pregnancy.
How Folate Can Help Prevent Birth Defects, from the FDA.
There is a lot of talk about supplements in pregnancy. Which vitamins do you need and what do they do? Are they better than working with your diet?
Pregnancy Vitamin & Mineral Guidelines are designed for helping pregnant women figure out how much of any particular vitamin or mineral that they need in their diet either through food (nutrition) or through supplementation (prenatal vitamins).
Nutrition Guide, Rick Hall, has created an index of all the vitamins and their recommended dosages. While not specifically for pregnancy it does include this information.
The basics of folic acid, a very important thing to have prior to pregnancy to help prevent neural tube defects like spina bifida, from our Nutrition Guide.
Nutrition Guide, Rick Hall, has created an index of all the minerals and their recommended dosages. While not specifically for pregnancy it does include this information.
This is a general information sheet on the common supplement of fish oil. It does address safety concerns during pregnancy.
This study shows that it takes more than a pill to counteract smoking in pregnancy.
