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How to Choose Your Prenatal Vitamins at Next Nine Months

During pregnancy, you will need more of some vitamins and minerals than you would normally require. While the majority of these elements can be covered by eating a healthy and balanced diet, there are some which you need in exceptionally high amounts, and thus cannot be sourced from food alone. In particular, you'll need more folic acid, iron, and calcium. According to the Cleveland Clinic, you should look for one [...] Read More


Making the Most of Your Iron Supplements or Multivitamins at Next Nine Months

So you're taking prenatal multivitamins. But do you know that the timing and manner you take them can affect their efficacy? To make the most of your iron supplements or iron-containing multivitamins, for example, it is best to take them with a some citrus juice (vitamin C or ascorbic acid is said to improve iron absorption. Some formulations available in the market already do come with some vitamin C, so if [...] Read More


Summer Sanders' Prenatal Workout DVD at Next Nine Months

As I've often said on this blog, being pregnant doesn’t have to mean putting your fitness plans on hold and lamenting your disappearing waistline. Olympic gold medalist Summer Sanders shows you how to stay strong and sexy during pregnancy with the Summer Sanders' Prenatal Workout DVD.

With a full-length workout tailored to each trimester, you’ll feel and look better all the way to delivery. Using a resistance cord and incorporating [...] Read More


Risk of Brain Tumors in Children May be Reduced by Prenatal Vitamins at Straightfromthedoc

Here goes another reason why women should take multivitamins early in pregnancy: it may reduce the risk of the child developing some types of brain tumors. Pregnant women have already been urged by public health agencies to take folic acid containing-multivitamins in early pregnancy in order to reduce their fetus's risk of developing a neural tube defect such as spina bifida. According to study leader Greta R. Bunin, Ph.D., of The Children's [...] Read More


Pregnant? Take Your Vitamins! at Well Woman Blog

When you are pregnant and visit your doctor, it's not unusual for him to prescribe vitamins. If he doesn't, then expectant mothers should start taking a good multi-vitamin on their own. They're not only good for Mom, but recent studies reveal that they're also good for baby. An article from Globe and Mail Health tells us: Women who take a daily multivitamin before and during pregnancy sharply reduce the likelihood that [...] Read More