Vitamin E supplementation in early pregnancy

Generally speaking, in the early stages of pregnancy, the fetus is usually unstable and miscarriage is very likely to occur. Therefore, special attention should be paid in the early stages of pregnancy. Some pregnant women have very strong early pregnancy reactions, often vomiting whatever they eat. People with such strong early pregnancy reactions usually lack some nutrients in their bodies, so they need to be supplemented in time. Do you need to supplement vitamin E in the early stages of pregnancy?

Should I take vitamin E during early pregnancy?

1. Antioxidant effect. Vitamin E in the body can protect red blood cells and other substances from being easily oxidized, thereby ensuring the oxygen supply to various organs and tissues. According to research by relevant scholars, vitamin E has a neutralizing effect on harmful cholesterol.

2. Vitamin E can promote the function of gonadotropin secretory cells in the anterior pituitary gland, increase the number of follicles, enlarge corpus luteum cells, increase ovarian function and enhance the effect of progesterone. It can also promote sperm production and increase sperm motility.

3. Vitamin E is usually used in medicine to prevent threatened abortion and treat male and female infertility, so it is necessary to take vitamin E in the early stages of pregnancy.

Pathogenesis of vitamin E deficiency

1. When vitamin E is deficient, male testicles atrophy and no sperm is produced, female embryos and placentas atrophy, causing miscarriage, and the pituitary gland is hindered from regulating the secretion of estrogen from the ovaries, inducing menopausal syndrome and premature ovarian failure.

2. When vitamin E is deficient: the free radicals produced during the human body's metabolism can not only cause lipid peroxidation of biological membranes, destroy the structure and function of cell membranes, and form lipofuscin; but also cause protein deformation, inactivation of enzymes and hormones, decreased immunity, metabolic disorders, and promote the aging of the body.

I believe everyone has always heard that women are prone to miscarriage in the early stages of pregnancy. This phenomenon is sometimes not something they can control, so the best way is to take a certain amount of vitamin E under the guidance of a doctor, because adequate vitamin E will reduce the probability of miscarriage, but once it is lacking, it may cause miscarriage, resulting in irreversible consequences.