::... GYNAECOLOGY - Preganancy & Lactation

Pregnancy causes many physiological changes in a woman. There is an increased nutritional requirement of vital nutrients i.e. haemopoetic factors like Iron, Vit B12, folic acid and bone building factors like calcium, Vit D. Zinc also plays important role during pregnancy and is vital for the proper and balanced growth of foetus.

Similarly during lactation, the mother has increased nutritional requirement (e.g. Calcium) for production of breastmilk everyday for minimum 6 months.