Folic Acid Works
I truly believe in the vitamin Folic Acid. About a year ago I got pregnant and ended up having a miscarriage. It was so sad since I thought everything was perfect. I had met the perfect guy and we both wanted to have kids. well after going to the doctor visits in the end to have the dnc operation. The doctors told me they really could not figure any reason why I had lost the baby but they told me to take lots and lots of the vitamin called Folic Acid if I wanted to try again for another baby.
So I really listened to what they had told me. Right after I got out of the hospital. A few days later I began taking folic acid everyday. I never missed a day. I took it for six months straight until one day I realized I was pregnant again. Of course since I had lost the first baby I was still scared and worried but Now being in my ninth month and still taking this vitamin, I am a true believer that it really does work to help your baby be strong to stay growing inside you.
Here is some information on Folic Acid:
Since Folic Acid is important to the division of cells in the body, it is even more essential during times of growth, such as pregnancy where rapid cell multiplication takes place. If there is a deficiency of folic acid at this time, the result is decreased nucleic acid synthesis (for RNA and DNA) and interrupted cell division. Folic acid is essential for the development of the foetal spinal cord and nervous system
During the first trimester of pregnancy, one of the biggest fears for a parent comes from the threat of congenital defects, such as spina bifida (incomplete closure of the spine), hydrocephaly and impaired brain development. Statistically neural tube defects occur in approximately one to two of every 1000 live births.
Researchers from the University of Otago recommend the use of Folic Acid in pregnancy, used both several weeks before conception and in the first trimester of pregnancy. Supplementation with Folic Acid has been associated with a massive 70% reduction in neural tube defects. Wise supplementation with Folic Acid can lower the risks.
