A woman asks her nurse what she can do before she begins trying to get pregnant to help her baby, as she is prone to anemia. What would the nurse correctly advise her to do?
1. Get pregnant, then start iron supplementation.
2. Add more carbohydrates to her diet.
3. Begin taking folic acid supplements daily.
4. Have a hemoglobin baseline done now so her progress can be followed.
3
Explanation: 3. The common anemias of pregnancy are due either to insufficient hemoglobin production related to nutritional deficiency in iron or folic acid during pregnancy. Folic acid deficiency during pregnancy is prevented by a daily supplement of 0.4 mg (400 micrograms) of folate.
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