It’s important to make sure you don’t have too much or too little, but just enough Vitamin A in your body when you are pregnant. This is because too much Vitamin A may impact the development of your baby, which includes slowing it down, and potentially lead to birth defects.
2 Low Vitamin A stores can also lead to pregnant women developing anaemia.
3 On the other hand, low Vitamin A levels can also potentially impact your baby’s development too.
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Ideally, you should get all the Vitamin A you need from your diet. In fact, the NHS recommends pregnant women shouldn’t take supplements, which includes fish liver oil supplements, to up their levels.5 They should also steer clear of liver and liver products, such as pate, because of their high Vitamin A content.6 If you decide to take a multivitamin tablet during pregnancy, check the small print to make sure they don’t contain Vitamin A.7 The Recommended Daily Allowance for Vitamin A is 700 to 900 mcg a day for adults. The maximum daily limit is 3,000 mcg, anything over this level is deemed unsafe.8 Eating liver or liver pate just once a week, can potentially mean you’re getting more than your daily average of 1.5mg of Vitamin A.9