Women can also take folic acid tablets when they are pregnant.
In order to prevent the occurrence of neural tube malformations in the fetus, women are generally required to take folic acid tablets every day starting in the first trimester of their planned pregnancy, and to take them continuously at least until the third trimester of pregnancy.
If a woman did not take folic acid tablets before she became pregnant, it makes sense to take folic acid tablets every day after she becomes pregnant because taking folic acid tablets during the first trimester of pregnancy also has a role in preventing the development of fetal neural tube malformations.
Women can also take folic acid tablets after the third trimester of pregnancy because a severe deficiency of folic acid in the body of a pregnant woman can lead to a higher incidence of megaloblastic anemia, eclampsia, placenta previa, and preterm miscarriage.
The folic acid tablets taken by pregnant women is a kind of drug with very little adverse reaction, individuals will have allergic reaction after using the drug, if patients use a large amount of drugs for a long period of time, sometimes there will be nausea, bloating, anorexia and other gastrointestinal symptoms, and it will also make the urine turn yellow.