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Essential Pregnancy NutrientsThe Institute of Medicine at the National Research Council in Washington, D.C., has established Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) for pregnant women for some ... READ MORE
Women of childbearing age aren't getting enough of the B vitamin folate, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is a concern because the dramatic decline in neural ... READ MORE
Already known to cut the risk of neural-tube defects by half, prenatal vitamins also lower the risk for heart defects by 39 percent, limb deformities by 47 percent, cleft palate by 58 ... READ MORE
Lean women who took a multivitamin or prenatal vitamin at least weekly before becoming pregnant and in the first three months of pregnancy reduced their preeclampsia risk by a dramatic 71 ... READ MORE
Most pregnancies are perfectly healthy, and moms-to-be glide through them with nothing more severe than a few bouts of nausea and the occasional backache. However, some women do develop more ... READ MORE