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Multivitamin use in pregnancy

2018-05-24 15:48:32
I just found out that I'm Pregnant and have been using multivitamins that contain 900ug of vitamin A. I've since read that huge doses of this vitamin should be avoided as they can harm the bby. Can 900ug be considered unsafe? Thank you
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In early stage of pregnancy only medicine necessary for foetus is folic acid 1 mg which prevents neural tube defects in foetus
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Only folic acid in 1st three months of pregnancy
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Multi vitamins contains many things which is not good for foetus .

Answered2018-05-24 19:55:44

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