The second most common is anencephaly, where parts of the brain and skull don't develop. How to get your body ready for pregnancy While this all sounds pretty scary, there is good news. In the late '90s, Canada started both fortifying white flour with folic acid and recommending women supplement with folic acid. Since then, the number of babies born with spina bifida has fallen by more than 50 percent. "In combination, these measures have heavily reduced the rate of neural tube defects, " says Upadhyaya. It's not hard to get enough folic acid these days. "Prenatal vitamins have folic acid in them, and most multivitamins do, too. " Upadhyaya also recommends eating folate-rich foods before and during pregnancy, in addition to that folic acid supplement. How much folic acid should you take? The recommended dose of folic acid is 0. 4 mg daily, starting two to three months prior to conception and continuing for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, says Upadhyaya. (While it's not vital after those first 12 weeks, it's safe to continue taking it throughout your pregnancy. )
So far my own family has remained covid-free, that's another thing. The same day they aired the above story, reports surfaced on triage-like situations in one German region for the first time ever. Having enough ICUs for every patient was like the last thing that set Germany apart (if only a little) from most other places, and now that's gone aswell. We just failed as much as everybody else. All these news aren't just sad but also make me angry. With the holiday starting and tougher lockdown measures imposed, people increasingly travel abroad now. There's footage of Frankfurt airport with crowded areas and long queues now. WTF. My own family isn't completely free from this either IMO. Except me and two cousins, everyone will meet at the grandparents' (aged 85 and 89!! ) place as we use to do every year. Not all stay overnight, but still. It'll be one or two persons above the legal limit for family meetings that was set by the government last week, and their entire safety strategy will rest on rapid-testing themselves before driving to the grandparents (dad is a GP).
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