Mason Natural Fo Lic Acid 400mcg - 100 Tablets

Fo lic aci d is a pregnancy superhero! Taking a prenatal vitamin with the recommended 400 micrograms (mcg) of fo lic ac id before and during pregnancy can help prevent birth defects of your baby's brain and spinal cord. Take it every day and go ahead and have a bowl of fortified cereal, too.   What Is Fo lic Ac id?   Fol ic ac id is a man-made form of a B vitamin called folate. Folate plays an important role in the production of red blood cells and helps your baby's neural tube develop into her brain and spinal cord. Birth defects occur within the first 3-4 weeks of pregnancy. So it's important to have folate in your system during those early stages when your baby's brain and spinal cord are developing.   If you talked to your doctor when you were trying to conceive, she probably told you to start taking a prenatal vitamin with fo lic aci d. One study showed that women who took fo lic a  cid for at least a year before getting pregnant cut their chances of delivering early    The CDC recommends that you start taking f olic ac id every day for at least a month before you become pregnant, and every day while you are pregnant. However, the CDC also recommends that all women of childbearing age take fo lic ac id every day. So you'd be fine to start taking it even earlier.