Comments on: The Good News About Vitamins

By: Babylune - Prenatal Vitamins Reduce Risk of Childhood Cancer

Babylune - Prenatal Vitamins Reduce Risk of Childhood Cancer — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:14:13 +0000

[...] Remember the research that resulted in the advice that all women of childbearing age should take prenatal vitamins all the time? [...]

By: Babylune

Babylune — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:55:54 +0000

[...] A few months ago, doctors in Toronto recommended that all women of childbearing age take prenatal vitamins even if they aren’t planning to become pregnant to prevent birth defects. In addition, women who have just given birth are advised to continue to take their vitamins to aid recovery and help prevent post partum depression. [...]

By: Kailani

Kailani — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:41:19 +0000

No matter how sick I was during pregnancy, I always took my prenatal vitamins. I think the discomfort is worth the health of your baby.

Here via Carnival of Family Life.

By: pinkdiary808.com » Carnival of Family Life #19

pinkdiary808.com » Carnival of Family Life #19 — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:52:15 +0000

[...] Kate of Babylune says, “The evidence that prenatal vitamin supplements work to prevent birth defects is now so strong doctors should now recommend ALL women of child-bearing age take them.” Get more info in The Good News About Vitamins. [...]

By: Expat pregnancy and childbirth in Hong Kong » Vitamins, or how I learned to love being nagged

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:25:32 +0000

[...] I just read this interesting post on Babylune. [...]

By: Babylune » Vitamin E and Asthma, Vitamin B and Depression

Babylune » Vitamin E and Asthma, Vitamin B and Depression — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 06:15:55 +0000

[...] Further to Thursday’s post about a study the recommends all pre-natal vitamins, a Scottish study reported in the Scotsman this morning suggests that rising rates of childhood asthma may be linked to a diet low in vitamin E. Dr Graham Devereux, who led the research at Aberdeen University, told the Scotsman that a drop in people’s intake of vitamin E in the past 50 years was perhaps linked to the rising number of children with asthma. But he said more work was needed before specific advice could be given to women in order to reduce the risks to their children. [...]

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:18:03 +0000

Well, I imagine life pre-pre-natal vitamins was much like life pre-modern medicine.

That said, I do think they probably ate healthier diets than we do. If everyone came out of childbirth alive, they were probably stronger for the experience.

By: Mama-feminista

Mama-feminista — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:57:29 +0000

I have a love hate relationship with my prenatal vitamins. If I don’t eat before I take it, I vomit and if I happen to forget then I feel guilty all day long and imagine my little one without any breastmilk. I wonder what women did before prenatal vitamins?