Preventing Birth Defects

There are easy ways to prevent spina bifida, a common birth defect that happens during the first month of pregnancy when the spine of the baby fails to close.

Its the most common, permanently disabling birth defect in the U.S. Each day, eight babies are born with a birth defect of the brain and spine. Every woman who could possibly become pregnant is at risk of having a baby with spina bifida. Fortunately, research studies show that taking a multivitamin with folic acid every day can reduce the risk by up to 70 percent, especially since half the pregnancies in the U.S. are unplanned.

Birth defects can happen in any family and defects such as spina bifida can happen early in a pregnancy-before a woman even knows she is pregnant.

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