A pregnant woman should take the so called prenatal vitamins during her pregnancy, which are specially formulated multivitamins that make up for any nutritional deficiencies in the mother’s diet and also vitamins for the developing unborn baby. But there are a lot of vitamins in the market today which causing many pregnant woman confused, to which is the best prenatal vitamins should they take. My ob gyne told me that the best prenatal vitamins should contains of folic acid to reduce a woman’s risk of having a child with a brain or spinal cord birth defect. Calcium to help mother and her baby maintain a healthy bone density. Lastly, Iron which helps both the mother and baby’s blood carry oxygen. She said that these three are the mains ingredients of prenatal vitamins and should be included to the prenatal vitamins you are taking.

