Indispensable drug "Folacin" in pregnancy

A woman who decided to become pregnant should seriously plan her time, food, activities and rest. This is what allows to avoid or to maximally reduce all possible adverse factors that can affect the pregnancy and development of the child. Modern medicine has a fairly large list of funds needed for this. And one of the most important is the preparation "Folacin", during pregnancy preparing the body for bearing and future birth.

Why do women who are preparing for motherhood need to take special medications? Vitamins for pregnancy planning affect the health and development of the baby and allow the expectant mother to keep her own system in order. The preparation "Folacin" is folic acid (it is also a vitamin B9 soluble in water) and plays a huge role in the human body. In particular, for example, it is this acid that affects hemopoiesis, the synthesis of various amino acids, the work of the immune system, and participates in the formation of RNA and DNA. It's vitamins with folic acid that help protect the baby's future from congenital diseases and genetic "breakages." Vitamin B9 also participates in the process of formation of the neural tube (the basis of the future brain).

Vitamins "Folacin" during pregnancy will ensure the correct development of the placenta, will not allow violations in the development of the child and the need for abortion. In addition, a pregnant woman with a lack of folic acid often develop anemia, very dangerous for the fetus.

After all, the lack of iron directly affects the development of the baby's brain in the first place, can cause such vices as hydrocephalus, a complete absence of the brain, a hernia, a significant lag in physical and mental development, and even spinal cord unpaired.

Folic acid can be found in nature: it contains raw vegetables (beans, spinach, pumpkin, asparagus and green peas), herbs (parsley), liver, cheese, fish and egg yolk, as well as wholemeal. But not always its level in the food received is sufficient not only for the child, but for the mother, considering also the fact that a pregnant woman needs three times as much acid as before conception.

That's why you need to take the vitamin preparation "Folacin" during pregnancy, following the instructions of the doctor and listening to your own feelings. Allergic reactions to the drug are, but they pass very quickly. The most important period when you need to take this vitamin is the time from the second to the fourth week of pregnancy.

A woman can take the "Folacin" during pregnancy in a separate form or choose a complex of vitamins that contain folic acid. Currently, the best of them are considered "Materna" and "Elevit." And forget about the intake of vitamins can not in any case: in fact only the most complete set of substances necessary for the body guarantees the proper development of all the organs of the child and ensures the appearance of a healthy and happy baby.