Nature'S Field FOLIC ACID400MCG(PREVENTS BIRTH DEFECTS)

Folic acid is a pregnancy superhero! Nature’s Field Folic Acid 400mcg is a unique supplement designed to help your body get the folic acid it needs.  It has the key nutrient in helping control homocysteine levels, which can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular and cognitive health problems.Taking a prenatal vitamin with the recommended 400 micrograms (mcg) of folic acid 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 Folic Acid?   Folic acid 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 folic acid. One study showed that women who took folic acid for at least a year before getting pregnant cut their chances of delivering early by 50% or more.