Is folic acid supplementation during IVF helpful with treatment?

Speaking of ovulation disorders, I believe that everyone is not unfamiliar, it is a major problem that causes female infertility, if you encounter the problem of ovulation disorders in the ivory tube fertility, it is often said that you need appropriate folic acid supplementation when preparing for pregnancy, so it is good for pregnancy, so that folic acid supplementation is helpful for IVF fertility?

Folic acid is a water-soluble B vitamin. Important nutritional effects on the human body have been demonstrated as early as 1948, and human (or other animal) lack of folic acid can cause megalocytic anemia and leukopenia, as well as weakness, irritability, lack of appetite and psychosis.

In addition, studies have found that folic acid is especially important for pregnant women. If there is a lack of folic acid in the first 3 months of pregnancy, it can lead to defects in the development of the fetal neural tube, thereby increasing the incidence of split-brain and anencephalic children. Secondly, pregnant women often supplement folic acid, which can prevent congenital malformations such as underweight, premature birth, and cleft palate (rabbit lip) in the baby.

Role of Folic Acid:

1, to prevent anemia in pregnant women, pregnant women's bodies need folic acid to make normal red blood cells. The survey shows that the prevalence of anemia in women of childbearing age in China is 20.6%. Inadequate intake of folic acid may also cause anemia in pregnant women.

2. Reduce the risk of baby birth defects, after 13 years of "Sino-US Cooperation Project for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects" study, 250,000 cases of medical evidence have confirmed that women of childbearing age who insist on taking 0.4 mg of folic acid every day from the beginning of pregnancy can reduce the incidence of fetal neural tube malformations by 85%, reduce the incidence of cleft lip and palate by 50%, reduce the incidence of congenital heart disease by 35%, reduce the major body surface malformations of newborns by 15% and reduce neonatal mortality by 20%.

3. In the third trimester of pregnancy, in addition to fetal growth and development, the development of maternal blood volume, breast and placenta makes the demand for folic acid increase greatly. Insufficient folic acid, pregnant women are prone to placental abruption, gestational hypertension syndrome, megaloblastic anemia; fetus is prone to intrauterine growth retardation, premature birth and low birth weight, and such fetus growth and development after birth and intellectual development will be affected.

Shenzhen Zhongshan genitourinary reminder: IVF is also a normal pregnancy, but also need to supplement folic acid to prevent neural tube defects, such as anencephaly, spina bifida and so on. Folic acid supplementation can also correct anemia, prevent cleft lip and palate, etc. It is recommended to start with pregnancy preparation, that is, the first three months of the estimated IVF and continue until the first three months of pregnancy.