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Nutrition
Key Points
Prenatal Vitamins
What nutrients are the most important?
- During pregnancy, your baby gets all the nutrients it needs from you. So you may need more nutrients during pregnancy than you did before pregnancy.
- Taking prenatal vitamins and eating healthy foods can help give you all the nutrients you and your baby need during pregnancy.
- Make sure your prenatal vitamin has folic acid, iron, and calcium in it.
Prenatal Vitamins
- Prenatal vitamins are just multivitamins created for pregnant women with more of the nutrients that are beneficial to a health pregnancy.
What nutrients are the most important?
- Folic Acid
- A B-vitamin that every cell in the body needs for healthy growth and development. It can help prevent birth defects of the brain and the spine called neural tube defects.
- Iron
- A mineral that helps oxygen travel from the lungs to the rest of the body.
- Calcium
- A mineral that helps the baby's bones, teeth, heart, muscles, and nerves develop.
- Vitamin D
- Helps your body to absorb calcium and strengthens the immune system.
- DHA
- A fat that helps with the growth and development of the baby's eyes and brain.
- Iodine
- A mineral that allows your body to use energy from food.
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Local ResourcesStark County THRIVE
Stark County THRIVE Community Health Workers are available, at no cost, to help support and assist pregnant women and families through pregnancy and the first year of a baby’s life. Self-Referral Form Ohio 24 Hour Breastfeeding Hotline
Alliance Pregnancy Center
Canton Pregnancy Choices For Me
Ohio Tobacco Quit Line
Stark County Diaper Bank
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