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10 Things You Should Know About Birth Defects
Learn important facts about birth defects.
Learn important facts about congential heart defects in newborns.
Preventing Birth Defects
Folic Acid
Folic acid can help prevent major birth defects of the baby’s brain and spine. CDC has materials for women, healthcare providers, and others on the benefits of folic acid.
Alcohol Use in Pregnancy
Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, and a range of lifelong disorders, known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). CDC has materials for women, healthcare providers, and others on alcohol use in pregnancy and FASDs.
Got diabetes? Thinking about having a baby?
View, download, and print this brochure about diabetes and pregnancy.
Gestational Diabetes and Pregnancy
View, download, and print this brochure about gestational diabetes and pregnancy.
CDC’s Work
CDC’s Birth Defects Activities
View, download, and print this one page overview of CDC’s birth defects activities.
View, download, and print this one page overview.
View, download, and print this one page overview.
View, download, and print this one page overview.
View, download, and print this one page overview.
View, download, and print this one page overview.
View, download, and print this one page overview.
- Page last reviewed: May 18, 2017
- Page last updated: May 18, 2017
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