Folic Acid Helps Prevent Birth Defects
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Folic acid is a B vitamin. It is used in our bodies to make new cells.
If a woman has enough folic acid in her body before and while she is pregnant, it can help prevent major birth defects of her baby's brain and spine.
Since birth defects of a baby's brain or spine happen in the first few weeks of pregnancy, women need to take folic acid every day, starting before they are pregnant.
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The above information has been made available by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.
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