This supplement is an excellent source of some of the nutrients you may need during pregnancy and lactation.* Specially formulated to meet the unique nutritional needs of prenatal and postnatal women, this daily multivitamin contains 800 mcg of Folic Acid. Folic Acid is important to expectant women because healthful diets with adequate folate may reduce a woman?s risk of having a child with a brain or spinal cord birth defect.