Conjugal life becomes curious and awaited about their best moment to be parents. People are more careful to take care of fetus and mothers health after confirming positive pregnancy test. Everyone first priority is to deliver a healthy baby and mothers healing during and after baby birth. But, if you think normally, how many persons in the world are thinking about nutritional levels of women before going to pregnant. This percentage is very few compare to the world population.
However, most of the women do not know which vitamins and minerals should continue before planning for a baby. Research suggests that some vitamins are very essential and good to continue before 3 months to be pregnant. Among them, most importantly, the folic acid which recommends to take at least 400 micrograms per day during 1 month before planning to a baby.
By taking folic acid before pregnancy helps to reduce the
neural tube defects especially for developing baby’s brain and spinal cord. In
addition to this, Zinc has great contribution to the fertility and reproduction
of people’s life. To prepare women body for this crucial condition, other vital
Nutrients are Vit-A, Vit-B1 (Thiamin), B2(Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), B5 (Pantothenic
Acid), B6 (Pyridoxine), B7 (Biotin), B12 (Cyanocobalamin), Vit-D (Calciferol),
Vit-C (Ascorbic Acid), Vit-E (alpha-tocopherol), magnesium, Zinc, Iron, choline,
Selenium, Copper, Iodine, Inositol, omega-3, Coenzyme Q10, beta carotene and so
on.
What is the importance of these vitamins, minerals and other
elements for women before pregnancy?
In a word, the importance of these nutrients will never be
ended up to delineate due to having plethora of useful purposes. Some of the functions
of these nutrients are given below as a brief –
· Vit-A: it is important specially for fetal eyes
and all body parts development.
· Vit-B: Most notably, it prevents the neural tube
defects during pregnancy.
· Vit-C: This contributes to the immune system as
well as curbs the further problems in association with pregnancy such as early
birth and preeclampsia.
· Vit-D: Along with calcium, it needs for bones,
teeth and muscle healthy.
· Vit-E: it is an antioxidant, helps to maintain
healthy skin and boosting immunity power.
· Iron: it supports to prevent anemia during
pregnancy.
· Omega-3: It is mainly helpful for fetal brain
growth.
· Choline: It plays a crucial role for the health
of pregnant women as well as placental and fetal expansion.
· Coenzyme Q10: It reduces the negative outcomes
and inflammation (causes early birth) during pregnancy.
· Zinc: It aids to keep up the normal fertility
and reproduction.
· Inositol: It assists to balance the proper
hormonal level by controlling mood, fertility, blood sugar, metabolism and so
on.
To be honest, every nutrient has the less or more value for
mother’s wellness as well as baby’s gradual growth and development. Despite of
having a proper diet daily, it’s really normal to keep replenish of few
nutrients but need to fill up the gaps regularly by maintaining the proper
supply and certain the sufficient stores in the women’s body for avoiding the
future complications.
Good news is that, nowadays, there are numerous of well
formulated prenatal products that have been manufactured according to the
experts and dieticians’ recommendation which are available not only in the
nearest to the door pharmacy premises as over-the-counter supplements but also one
can readily get any product by ordering to the world-renowned online platform.
Moreover, these products may vary the percentage of
ingredients from one product to another products. Sometimes, Doctor or dietitian can recommend taking together more than one product to fill up the gaps of
body nutrients in terms of avoiding the deficiency. One more thing is that, in
case of any health-related problems, counsel with doctor or registered dietician
about which supplement is best suit for you.