Vitamins are absolutely essential for a healthy pregnancy before during and after. Expectant parents want healthy babies and to more easily navigate pregnancys many ups and downs. Problem is standard prenatal vitamins dont come close to meeting the needs of all women. Nutritional orthomolecular physicians have known this for decades. Many women would benefit from an abundance of nutrients during pregnancy and the advantages are clear healthy babies and happy moms. Helen Saul Case has lifelong experience with nutritional medicine having been born and raised with it her entire life. Still she found pregnancy challenging with new aches pains and amazing symptoms I couldnt have dreamed up if I tried. It became all too clear that how to best use high doses of vitamins to safely and effectively address health issues was conspicuously absent from the scores of pregnancy health books out there. Its time for a change Vitamins ampamp Pregnancy The Real Story is a comprehensive yet easily readable nutritional guide to optimal healthfor both you and your baby that tackles the topics other pregnancy books dont including The many ways nutrition helps to ensure your babys best development in uterowith lifelong benefits for mother and child How vitamin C helps prevent birth defects postpartum hemorrhages and even stretch marks vitamin E helps prevent miscarriage magnesium helps cramping legs and sore aching backs and extra vitamin B6 alleviates morning sicknesswithout a prescription Optimal vitamin and mineral intakes during pregnancy and breastfeeding What the research says about efficacy and safety Nutritionbased advice to help alleviate more than 35 pregnancy issues from acid reflux and yeast infections to postpartum challengesincluding depression and losing weight show more