Unlike many prenatal iron supplements, Pregnacare has been specifically formulated with an ideal, moderate level of iron. High levels of iron are not recommended unless there is a particular requirement as identified by your healthcare professional. Pregnacare is recommended before conception to build up the stores of nutrients such as iron in women who are trying for a baby. Good nutrition is important to help prepare a woman's body for the additional demands placed on it during pregnancy. Certain nutrients, like folic acid, vitamin B12 & zinc, are also of particular importance from the very first moment of conception, for neural tube development & cell division. Optimum nutrition is valuable during breast-feeding, to assist the production of nutritious breast milk & to help replace a mother's reserves of vitamins & minerals, which may be reduced. Zinc is important for milk production & vitamin K is important to help the baby maintain healthy levels of blood clotting proteins. Antioxidant vitamins in breast milk, such as vitamin E, may also be important for the baby's immune system Pregnacare has been formulated by experts & is often recommended by health professionals including midwives & nurses to help safeguard a mother's diet. It provides a complete spectrum of essential nutrients at carefully chosen safe levels, developed on the basis of international research both recently & over the past 20 years. It has always contained the recommended level of 400mcg folic acid.