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I have 2 kids ages 8 months and 5 years. after my first child was born my partners got severe postnatal depression but never really accepted this until 2 and a half years later when she was fine.

Over the past few months I have started to pick up these signs again and it has now got to breaking point.

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For any woman who has had a child, pregnancy can be a great experience excluding of course the nauseating pain that comes with child birth, but then that is an aside considering they have just brought a brand new life into the world. The problem is the pain is not the only side effect of a pregnancy, there is some degree of hair loss involved which is more of a postnatal effect as is well known by many mothers. Somewhere around 50% of women will experience this hair loss at some point in time after child birth. This usually happens within a one to five months period after child birth whereby in or around the third month is where in most cases the effect is really felt. This of course is a very distasteful situation and extremely unnerving especially since this affects their looks and their mood. What is even worst is when the person is a new or even worst yet a young mother which increases their rate for postnatal depression and lowering their self esteem.

What is the cause?

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I am 27 years old and 18 weeks pregnant with two miscarriages in the last year. I don’t have any health problems I am aware of, on no medications, take my prenatal vitamins everyday, no family history and have seen my doctor 3 times and heard the heart beat twice. I am having my first ultrasound tomorrow and having anxiety about it. Should I have anything to worry about when it comes to the baby having a birth defect?

Pregnancy is a time that is filled with anticipation. The first time a woman feels her baby kick, she can’t help but feel a rush of excitement as she imagines her new baby’s personality, smile, tiny hands, tiny feet. With so much to think about, it is important to pay attention to proper nutrition. Your doctor should have made sure that you are taking enough folic acid, an extremely important part of your diet that is crucial in lowering the risk of birth defects in your baby. Most women take a daily prenatal vitamin to make sure that enough folic acid is in their diet. This is crucial in the first 12 weeks, because this is the time that small changes in your vitamin levels can have a big impact on your baby’s development. A prenatal vitamin typically contains Folic Acid and Iron, because a lot of women become iron deficient (anemic) due to their pregnancy.

Another excellent supplement that pregnant women should consider is a daily multivitamin. It has been shown in a recent scientific study involving a close analysis of 36,000 recent mothers, that those who took both a prenatal vitamin and a multivitamin were 17% less likely to have a baby with a low birth weight. It is well worth the cost of a daily supplement to ensure such an important health benefit for your baby.

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