Which vitamin should one take during pregnancy?
Patient: Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...I am 34 years old. I am pregnant for 2 months.slight bleeding had happend, When I went to doctor for check up, he gave me medicine : 1) for folic adic(Folinext) 2) endogest - 200. I have taken endogest for 15 days 2 pill orally. Now again when I went up he continued those two pills.I want to know: - What is the need of the endogest? - How long it should be taken? - is there any side effect of these pills on child me? The doctor made my ultrasound 1 time,and she told for bed rest because my baby bag mouth has opend - how often it should be made in pregnancy ? - is there any side effect of ultrasound on developing child? The doctor didn’t give me any kind of vitamin tablets. -On which months the vitamin should be taken? Which type of vitamin I should take at each month? Doctor: HI.1. Folic acid will have an effect, not a side effect. It will prevent major birth defects falling under the category of neural tube defects, so please do not even think of discontinuing this supplement2. Endogest is a form of progesterone, and it is a pregnancy supporting drug which has been prescribed to you because of the bleeding you had early on. The bleeding means yours could be a threatened pregnancy, and the progesterone in endogest will help prevent that miscarriage from taking place3. No side effect of any ultrasound what so ever on the developing fetus4. Ultrasound is usually conducted at least once every month during pregnancy, but has to be conducted more often during the last trimester5. You can take the folic acid (which is the vitamin/pre-natal supplement) throughout your pregnancyBest wishes.