NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Folic acid is a vitamin found in many foods and multivitamin supplements. It’s especially important for women who could become pregnant because folic acid can help prevent birth defects.

Detailed explanation-2: -Folic acid is a vitamin that every cell in your body needs for healthy growth and development. If you take it before pregnancy and during early pregnancy, it can help protect your baby from birth defects of the brain and spine called neural tube defects.

Detailed explanation-3: -Folate and folic acid are important for pregnancy because they can help prevent birth defects known as neural tube defect, such as spina bifida. Spina bifida is one of the most common birth defects. It occurs in the first weeks of pregnancy, when the brain and spinal cord are forming.