The average woman has about seven reproductive risk factors that can be reduced or eliminated before they affect her health during pregnancy or her baby s health. Women s Health offers complete preconception health care services at the MUSC Prenatal Wellness Center in West Ashley. The center specializes in high-risk pregnancies. That kind of specialized knowledge benefits all pregnant women, not only those who are considered high-risk. We help optimize women s health in preparation for pregnancy.
Folic acid can help prevent diseases of the brain and spine, called neural tube defects.
MUSC Women s Health and the South Carolina March of Dimes created a web site devoted to preconception health care. Health resource nurses are onlin e and on call to answer your questions.