🌸Should you buy comprehensive vitamins for pregnant women?
Multivitamins are like an all-inclusive package of beneficial substances for the woman and the fetus.
They contain up to 30 vitamins and minerals.
As with any "package deal",
there may be unnecessary components among them.
And although the need for vitamins during pregnancy increases 2-fold,
most micronutrients can be obtained from food if the woman eats a complete and balanced diet.
🌸So, do pregnant women not need to take vitamins at all?
Not exactly.
In some cases, a doctor may prescribe multivitamins — for example, in cases of severe toxicosis, multiple pregnancy, vegetarianism, certain diseases.
In other cases, multivitamins are not needed, but specific trace elements in the form of supplements are.
🌸Why is folic acid necessary?
It is involved in the process of DNA and RNA synthesis. This is especially important during periods of rapid cell division, in the early stages of pregnancy.
Adequate intake of folic acid clearly increases the chances of having a healthy baby.
A deficiency of it can lead to developmental pathologies of the fetus (including its nervous system). 🌸Why is iron important?
Iron is the foundation of an important blood protein, hemoglobin. It "grabs" oxygen molecules and transports them from the lungs to all the tissues — both the mother's and the fetus's.
During pregnancy, blood volume increases, and the need for oxygen transport rises. If you had iron-deficiency anemia before pregnancy, the decrease can become critical.
Iron deficiency affects the baby's condition even after birth — these children have a higher risk of cognitive and psychiatric function disorders.
🌸How to take iron,
if it causes gastrointestinal problems and a metallic taste in the mouth?
Indeed,
half of pregnant women stop taking iron supplements due to side effects.
This leads to iron-deficiency anemia in the second and third trimesters.
But scientists have figured out
how to make the supplement more tolerable —
by "packaging" the iron in a lipid membrane.
Microencapsulation protects iron from interacting with the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, stomach, and intestines, while also ensuring excellent absorption throughout the small intestine. As a result, there is no metallic taste of iron in the mouth and other common gastrointestinal side effects are avoided.
Multivitamins are like an all-inclusive package of beneficial substances for the woman and the fetus.
They contain up to 30 vitamins and minerals.
As with any "package deal",
there may be unnecessary components among them.
And although the need for vitamins during pregnancy increases 2-fold,
most micronutrients can be obtained from food if the woman eats a complete and balanced diet.
🌸So, do pregnant women not need to take vitamins at all?
Not exactly.
In some cases, a doctor may prescribe multivitamins — for example, in cases of severe toxicosis, multiple pregnancy, vegetarianism, certain diseases.
In other cases, multivitamins are not needed, but specific trace elements in the form of supplements are.
🌸Why is folic acid necessary?
It is involved in the process of DNA and RNA synthesis. This is especially important during periods of rapid cell division, in the early stages of pregnancy.
Adequate intake of folic acid clearly increases the chances of having a healthy baby.
A deficiency of it can lead to developmental pathologies of the fetus (including its nervous system). 🌸Why is iron important?
Iron is the foundation of an important blood protein, hemoglobin. It "grabs" oxygen molecules and transports them from the lungs to all the tissues — both the mother's and the fetus's.
During pregnancy, blood volume increases, and the need for oxygen transport rises. If you had iron-deficiency anemia before pregnancy, the decrease can become critical.
Iron deficiency affects the baby's condition even after birth — these children have a higher risk of cognitive and psychiatric function disorders.
🌸How to take iron,
if it causes gastrointestinal problems and a metallic taste in the mouth?
Indeed,
half of pregnant women stop taking iron supplements due to side effects.
This leads to iron-deficiency anemia in the second and third trimesters.
But scientists have figured out
how to make the supplement more tolerable —
by "packaging" the iron in a lipid membrane.
Microencapsulation protects iron from interacting with the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, stomach, and intestines, while also ensuring excellent absorption throughout the small intestine. As a result, there is no metallic taste of iron in the mouth and other common gastrointestinal side effects are avoided.
