Copper also aids tissue growth, glucose metabolism, and growth of healthy hair.
It also helps form a baby's heart, skeletal and nervous systems, arteries, and blood vessels. Add your comments to the bottom of this page. If you follow a healthy, varied diet , you'll probably get enough copper. Nevertheless, a good prenatal multivitamin usually includes an adequate amount. Fact-checked by the BabyCenter Editorial Team and approved by our Medical Advisory Board .