Conception News: Multivitamins could help reduce pregnancy complications
Planning ahead could help mothers lower pregnancy complications
Increase your pregnancy know-how
If you are thinking of having a baby, now is the time to start preparing your body for the months ahead. Because as many as 60% of all pregnancies happen by surprise, there’s never a more important time to build your body’s pregnancy-supporting stores of vitamins and minerals. Long valued for their ability to prevent neural tube defects, many women are aware of the benefits of taking B vitamins, especially folic acid– before a pregnancy occurs. Now researchers are detecting even more benefits of calcium, B vitamins, zinc, C and E—and when all rolled into one, the positive aspects of the multivitamin for women of a child bearing age are evident. (more…)