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Folic Acid is usually recommended to women. It is normally taken before you get pregnant as it is used to help prevent Spina Bifida. It has been shown that a developing baby needs this supplement to develop.By the time you know your pregnant the neural tubes are developed. Having said that you can eat green vegetables and other foods that contain folic acid.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoFolate is a vitamin needed to prevent neural tube defects in infants. Folate is reccommended for women of childbearing age.
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∙ 11y agono in fact if you increase the amount of vitamins you take each day the higher the chance it is of your child to have a birth defect
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∙ 11y agoFolate.
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Why do you need folate?
to prevent birth defects
Should you take extra vitamins and minerals when pregnant if you are healthy already?
Yes. The extra vitamins and minerals are for your baby. The baby can get some vitamins and minerals from your diet, but may need more than your diet can provide. Folic acid, for instance, can prevent some very serious birth defects such as Spina Bifida and other neural tube defects.
Is there an organization that works to prevent birth defects?
The march of dime
What organization works to prevent birth defects?
march of dimes
Can prenatal vitamins work better then birth control?
Prenatal vitamins are to make sure you have enough vitamins and minerals to support a pregnancy. Birth control is to prevent pregnancy. They have different purposes. Birth control does not support a pregnancy, and prenatal vitamins do not prevent pregnancy.
Is sufficient being done medically to diagnose and prevent the number of infants born with birth defects and diseases in the US?
Is sufficient being done medically to diagnose and prevent the number of infants born with birth defects/ diseases in the United States?
What is the vaccine for birth defects?
There is no vaccine that will prevent birth defects. Spina Bifida and other neural tube defects (a specific type of birth defects) can be prevented by consuming adequate amounts of folic acid in the diet in the first trimester of pregnancy. Other types of birth defects may be prevented in other ways, so it is best to ask your doctor for advice if you are thinking about becoming pregnant.
Do condoms cause birth defects?
Absolutely not. Condoms are intended to prevent pregnancy (and transmittal of diseases). If they fail as a contraceptive, there is no indication that they have any effect on the pregnancy themselves. In fact, if they fail to prevent a pregnancy they may still act to prevent disease - which can frequently be the cause of birth illnesses or problems. Hence if anything, condoms act to prevent defects.
Did Jesus have any birth defects?
No he did not have any birth defects.
Does taking prenatal vitamins increase your cervical mucus?
No. It only lower the chance your baby will be born with birth defects- due to vitamin definciencies
Vitamins to prevent pregnancy?
Vitamins don't prevent pregnancy.
What are the various birth defects?
There are thousands of identified birth defects. Birth defects are abnormal developments present at birth that can cause physical or mental disability. Some, but not all are fatal.
