Before planning to get pregnant, you will to be sure that you healthy. And it is recommended to take folic acid for 3 months before getting pregnant. This is found in green leafy vegetables. It is necessary for the maturation of RBC and needed for maturation of nervous system especially on little babies. It is one of the vitamins that we need to ensure that young pregnant women should take.
Any woman in child bearing years should take folic acid because how many pregnancies are planned? A lot of pregnancies are oppsy.
If there is no enough folic acid in an adult MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA will occur. It is a malabsorption syndrome of nutrients. It will result to steatoorhea (fats in the stool) which is very stinky, fatty, and frothy stool. It will lead to weight loss. Or basically Celiac disease a gluten problem.