Is it still useful to take folic acid when you are two months pregnant?

Nowadays, for the safety of pregnant women's bodies and baby development, there has been great progress in the development of medicine, and beneficial drugs such as folic acid tablets have been produced for pregnant women to take. Folic acid tablets are a medicine that prevents fetal maldevelopment and pregnant women need to take them on time. Therefore, many women want to know: Do women need folic acid tablets when they are 2 months pregnant?

Do I need folic acid tablets when I am 2 months pregnant?

You can take folic acid tablets in the second month of pregnancy, it is not too late. In fact, pregnant women should start taking 400 mg of folic acid tablets every day in the first three months of pregnancy to prevent fetal neural malformations. In addition, taking folic acid tablets can prevent 80% of the births of babies with neural tube defects. Children with a history of neural tube defects should especially take folic acid tablets. It can be stopped after 3 months of pregnancy. Of course, if there is no history of neural tube defects and the woman is not picky about food, she does not need to take it.

Generally speaking, the purpose of taking folic acid during pregnancy is to prevent the deformity of the glands. The growth and development of the glands requires more folic acid tablets. Severe deficiency will cause developmental abnormalities and so on. Then, generally by the time the growth and development reaches the third month, the growth and development is complete and folic acid tablets are no longer needed. However, it is still possible to supplement it in the second and second months of pregnancy, which is not too late. If you start taking folic acid tablets in the second month of pregnancy, you can continue to take them for three months. However, regarding folic acid tablets, it is said that it is only recommended to take them but not required to take them. Therefore, expectant mothers do not need to worry too much, and they can supplement calcium and zinc appropriately in the later stages of pregnancy.

Therefore, you can still take folic acid tablets in the second month of pregnancy, and it is not too late. However, folic acid tablets are taken to prevent fetal malformations. Generally, they only need to be taken in the first three months of pregnancy. If you have been pregnant for more than three months, you don’t need to take them. Because the baby’s nerve glands have developed at this time, they have no function, so there is no need to take folic acid tablets.

Is it okay to take folic acid tablets during pregnancy?

Folic acid is vitamin B29, a water-soluble vitamin. It is an important nutrient to be supplemented for pregnant women. The earliest scientific research should have been carried out abroad. We found that protective folic acid supplementation for pregnant women can greatly reduce the incidence of neural tube defects such as spina bifida and encephalomegaly in newborns. These serious neural tube defects can reduce the incidence of such birth defects by about 75%. Therefore, this is now recognized by countries all over the world. Our country now also strongly recommends that pregnant women take folic acid supplements in the first three months of pregnancy preparation and the first three months of pregnancy.

Therefore, pregnant women need 4 times more folic acid tablets than ordinary people. The early stages of pregnancy (1-3 months) are a critical period for the division of the fetal organ system and the formation of the embryo, with cell growth and disintegration being very active. At this time, folic acid deficiency can cause fetal malformations, neural tube defects, and developmental defects in the fetus, thereby increasing the incidence of anencephaly and spina bifida. In addition, it can also cause early spontaneous abortion. In the middle and late stages of pregnancy, in addition to the development of the fetus, the mother's blood flow, breasts, and embryonic development make the pregnant woman's need for folic acid tablets increase. If folic acid tablets are insufficient, pregnant women are prone to placental abruption, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and megaloblastic anemia; the fetus is prone to intrauterine language development retardation, premature birth, and low birth weight, and the development and brain growth of such fetuses after birth will be affected. Therefore, pregnant women should take folic acid tablets regularly to avoid congenital malformations such as low birth weight, premature birth and cleft palate (cleft lip) in their babies.