I was talking about prenatal vitamins on my other blog and how they benefit both the mom and baby. I have learned that prenatal vitamins are specially formulated multivitamins, and this is to help make up any absence in the nutrition that the mom may have in her diet. This vitamin always has Folic Acid which can reduce your risk of having a baby with a serious birth defect of the brain and spinal cord, called the ‘neural tube. One of the most common neural tube defects is spina bifida; a baby is born with a spine that is not closed. The exposed nerves are damaged, leaving the child with varying degrees of paralysis, incontinence, and sometimes mental retardation. To lessen the risk of these defects doctors advice women to make sure they get Folic Acid in their diets.