The Midwife’s Role in Informing Pregnant Women of the Importance of Folic Acid

The way to provide information during prenatal period may have a positive impact on pregnant women and their families' health and lifestyle choices. It is well known that nutrition is a fundamental requirement to maintain a healthy lifestyle and is also highly beneficial when recovering from illness or injury. This physiological process is essential for homeostasis and ensures that the balance of the body is maintained (Edwards & Thomas, 2009), since the body does not function properly without adequate food and drink.

Folic acid is an important vitamin B and is important for both men and women, especially pregnant women and women who want to become pregnant. According to the Centers for Disease Control, ingesting the recommended amount of folic acid before pregnancy and during pregnancy may help prevent large birth defects in the brain and spine. According to the American dry bean committee, beans and beans are an excellent source of naturally occurring folic acid or folic acid.

The spina bifida usually occurs during the first few weeks of pregnancy, before you know that a woman is pregnant. Although folic acid does not guarantee women's healthy pregnancy, ingesting folic acid helps to reduce the risk of women's spina bifida. Since half of all US pregnancies are unplanned, it is important that all pregnant women take 400 micrograms of folic acid per day.

In the early stages of pregnancy, it is important to incorporate sufficient folic acid into the system to prevent spina bifida. Because many women have never been pregnant, experts recommend that all women of childbearing age will replenish 400 micrograms (mcg) of folic acid per day. Your body does not absorb folic acid as easily as synthetic folate Most people do not have the recommended amount of folic acid by diet alone, so vitamin supplementation is necessary to prevent spina bifida. In addition, folic acid may also help reduce the risk of cleft lip, cleft cleft and other congenital defects including some congenital heart defects.

Folic acid (folic acid) helps the body to form erythrocytes. A woman of childbearing age who is likely to become pregnant needs to ingest enough folic acid from her own food and furthermore it is necessary to add 400 μg of synthetic folic acid from the enriched food or supplement. This reduces the risk of neural tube defects, spina bifida and brain malformation during fetal development