Prenatal Vitamins: What You Need to Know and What to Expect
The topic of prenatal vitamins has been around for ages, but it's only in the last few years that people have started to take these vitamins more seriously. Prenatal vitamins contain specific nutrients your baby needs before and during birth. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean you need to stock up on them if you’re not pregnant at the moment. What Are Prenatal Vitamins? Prenatal vitamins contain nutrients necessary for the health and development of your baby in the womb and at birth. To be more specific, prenatal vitamins help your baby develop healthy teeth and bones and increase muscle strength and brain capacity. Prenatal vitamins are taken either in the first trimester or the second and third trimesters. There are 3 types of prenatal vitamins : 1) iron-containing prenatal vitamins , 2) folic acid-containing prenatal vitamins and 3) multivitamins. The iron-containing prenatal vitamins are the most common and are taken by nearly 90% of pregnant women. Multivitamins