Can pregnant women take vitamin C tablets?

Vitamin C is a substance that contemporary women often supplement because it not only has an antioxidant effect, but also can effectively help whiten the skin. There are many ways to supplement vitamin C. In addition to eating citrus fruits, you can also achieve the same purpose by drinking vitamin C effervescent tablets. So if pregnant women want to supplement vitamins through vitamin C effervescent tablets, is this method advisable?

Can pregnant women take vitamin C effervescent tablets?

Vitamin C effervescent tablets are only used to supplement vitamins in the body. If you are not lacking in vitamins in your body, you do not need to take this medicine. However, it only supplements vitamins in the body and can be taken during pregnancy. It will not affect the body or fetal development.

Vitamin C effervescent tablets can enhance the body's resistance and are used to prevent and treat various acute and chronic infectious diseases or other diseases. Used as an auxiliary treatment for the recovery period after illness, wound healing period and allergic diseases. Used to prevent and treat scurvy. Vitamin C effervescent tablets can pass through the placenta and be secreted into breast milk. Pregnant women can take vitamin C effervescent tablets, but the daily amount should not be too large, otherwise it will easily cause adverse reactions.

Excessive intake of vitamin C effervescent tablets may cause adverse reactions: taking 1 to 4 grams per day may cause diarrhea, rash, increased gastric acid, gastric reflux, and sometimes urinary stones, increased excretion of oxalate and urate in urine, deep vein thrombosis, intravascular hemolysis or coagulation, etc., and sometimes lead to reduced phagocytic ability of white blood cells. If the daily dosage exceeds 5g, it may cause hemolysis, which may be fatal in severe cases. When pregnant women take large doses, they may develop scurvy in their babies.

What vitamins should pregnant mothers supplement?

However, since the need for vitamins during pregnancy is higher than usual, everyone's living habits and eating habits are different, and the economic conditions and convenience of food purchase vary from region to region, the diet of many pregnant women does not meet the amount recommended by nutritionists. Therefore, some pregnant women start taking multivitamin preparations since the early stages of pregnancy, or even before pregnancy, hoping to meet the nutritional requirements of their baby and themselves. So, what kind of multivitamins should be supplemented? How much should be taken? Does every pregnant woman need to supplement?

Point 1: Choose products designed specifically for pregnant mothers

There are many manufacturers of multivitamins at present. It is said that there are nearly 300 pharmaceutical factories in China alone, and there are innumerable vitamin preparations. For pregnant women, it is best to choose a multivitamin specially formulated for pregnant women, such as Mattena, Anerkang, etc. Multivitamins for pregnant women are formulated according to a certain ratio based on the internationally recommended daily requirement for pregnant women.

Friendly reminder: The vitamin ratios of general products are not completely suitable for pregnant women. Taking the same vitamins after pregnancy and during the non-pregnancy period is like wearing pre-pregnancy clothes when you are pregnant. Although some of them can be squeezed in and it may not cause any serious consequences, it will always be uncomfortable.

Point 2: The dosage of multivitamins also varies from person to person.

Generally, the dosage of multivitamin tablets sold on the market is designed based on the standard for pregnant women of average height and normal weight. Some imported or joint venture products may be produced according to American or European formulas. The average height and weight of local women are higher than those in my country, so the dosage of vitamins used will be larger than that of domestic ones.

If a pregnant woman is in good health and is smaller in size, she can take half the recommended amount of multivitamin tablets every day on top of a balanced diet. This way of eating is relatively safer.

Point 3: Not every pregnant mother needs to take multivitamins

In addition, everyone needs vitamins, but that doesn’t mean every pregnant woman needs to take multivitamin pills. If you can meet the following requirements, it is completely okay not to take vitamin tablets:

1. Have a certain basic knowledge of nutrition and care about the nutritional status of yourself and your baby. It is best to visit a nutrition clinic and receive guidance from a professional nutritionist to know how much food you should eat in a day.

2. Eat a variety of food and don’t be picky or biased about food. A combination of meat and vegetables, fresh vegetables and fruits, milk, eggs and meat can be ensured every day. Cook vegetables less frequently by boiling them for long periods of time.

3. There are no symptoms of vitamin deficiency.

4. Vitamins are also added to pregnant women's formula milk according to the needs of pregnant women. If you are used to drinking pregnant women's formula milk, you can reduce or not take vitamin tablets.