Nowadays, not everyone enjoys good health. Therefore, multivitamins are prescribed to the expectant mother to prevent problems in her and the fetus. They can also be prescribed for medicinal purposes - if a woman has had complications during previous pregnancies or suffers from gynecological, endocrine diseases, has been on weight loss diets for a long time, or has suffered from cycle disorders.
• Folic acid contains 1 mg. During the period of conception and pregnancy planning, as well as in the first trimester, 1 to 3 tablets per day are prescribed.
• Foliber. These pills are most often prescribed to pregnant women. Contains only folic acid and vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin). Each tablet contains 400 mcg = 0.4 g of vitamin. Prescribe 3 tablets per day. This amount cannot cause an overdose; it serves as a prevention of vitamin deficiency for the expectant mother.
• Folic acid with B6 and B12 from Evalar contains folic acid - 600 mcg, vitamin B12 - 5 mcg, vitamin B6 - 6 mg. Is a dietary supplement.
• 9 Month Folic Acid contains only folic acid - 400 mcg.
• Folacin. Unlike the previous ones, it has a higher price and dosage of the active substance - 5000 mcg = 5 mg. This dose is excessive for the body. This does not pose any danger, but it is also of great benefit - excess folic acid is excreted in the urine.
• Folio. The drug contains B9 in the amount of 400 mcg and iodine - 200 mcg. The product has a preventive purpose and cannot be used for vitamin deficiency.
• Complex vitamin preparations that contain folic acid in different quantities: Multi-tabs perinatal (400 mcg), Vitrum Prenatal (800 mcg), Pregnavit (750 mcg), Elevit (1000 mcg), Materna (1000 mcg).
Special complexes for pregnant women contain carefully selected dosages of various vitamins. They provide the expectant mother’s body with useful substances that the fetus needs. Multivitamins for pregnant women contain a loading dose of foline. The fact is that if there is a lack of it in the female body, serious complications in the fetus can develop:
• developmental defects;
• anemia;
• neuropathy.
Such conditions put pregnancy at risk. The child may simply not be born if he does not receive the required amount of vitamin B9.