Before Pregnancy.... Take a multivitamin with 400 mcg of folic acid everyday!
   
Folic acid is a B vitamin that you need every day throughout your lifetime for good health   
   

Folic acid is used for the growth and repair of every cell in your body
   
Folic acid has been shown to prevent up to 70 percent of some serious birth defects
   
All enriched cereals and grain products in the U.S. are fortified with the B-vitamin folic acid
   
Women especially need folic acid, even if they are not planning to become pregnant, since 50% of all pregnancies are unplanned
   
Take a vitamin that has folic acid in it every day

 


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Improve your health BEFORE you get pregnant

Before and during pregnancy I take 400mcg of folic acid every day. cdc.gov/folicacid
 

  



Healthy Baby Is Worth The Weight
A Healthy Baby is Worth the Weight: A video for expecting mothers

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