Pregnancy and Nutrition:
Nutrition During Pregnancy, Prenatal Vitamins
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Many have recommendations that pregnant women supplement their diet with folate, a B vitamin, in order to protect against neural tube defects in the baby and possibly reduce the likelihood of anemia in mothers.
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Women who take multivitamins early in pregnancy may reduce the risk that their child will develop some types of brain tumors.
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Women who are considering becoming pregnant may significantly reduce their risk of preeclampsia by taking a multivitamin supplement regularly three months before conception and during the first trimester of pregnancy.
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Improved nutrition, both maternal and in the lab in the case of IVF, had produced better and stronger embryos and healthier pregnancies.
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During pregnancy an individual's oral health may negatively be affected by pica combined with bulimia and can be hard to diagnose and treat during those nine months of pregnancy.
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Women who rarely drank milk during their pregnancy gave birth to smaller babies compared to women who drank more milk.
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Mother's nutritional status in pregnancy also affects the behavior and personality of the child as well.
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The adequacy of nutrition during pregnancy and in the immediate postnatal period seems to influence the nutritional status of the adult and appetite programming throughout life.
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All women capable of becoming pregnant should take a multivitamin containing at least 400 micrograms of folic acid every day beginning before pregnancy.
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Pregnant mothers should plan to gain some weight during pregnancy.
