If you eat health diet and don’t suffer from anemia, iron or other deficiency then you won’t need many dietary supplements during pregnancy except some simple multivitamin capsule like Revital or Beminal and folic acid or folate.

Women should start taking a daily folate supplement of 400ug (0.4mg) 3 months prior to conception and should continue through the first 3 months of the pregnancy. Once you are pregnant start taking one capsule a day of Revital or Beminal.

Other than this, eat plenty of green vegetables like spinach, broccoli, apples, pomegranate etc to meet the iron needs of your body. Also take 1 glass full of milk during breakfast and 1 glass milk after dinner to meet the calcium and magnesium needs of your body. Milk has balanced amount of calcium and magnesium and is the best source of calcium. If you don’t like eating milk, then you should take 500 mg calcium daily along with magnesium. Depending on your age, it is recommended to include 1000mg – 1300mg of calcium and 200IU of Vitamin D in your diet(including calcium supplements).

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