Table 2.

Maternal motivations for choosing to take a nutrition supplement/s during pregnancy. (Respondents were asked to select all options that applied to them)

Motivation	N (%)
For the health of my baby	448 (71.7)
Advice given to me	430 (68.8)
To keep me healthy during pregnancy	375 (60.0)
A supplement was the easiest way to get the nutrients I need	163 (26.1)
I took supplements in my other pregnanciesa	136 (35.8)
I’ve seen/heard that other pregnant women are taking it	109 (17.4)
The supplements were given to me	22 (3.5)
Other	7 (1.1)

^aCalculated as the % of multiparous women who indicated they took a nutrition supplement during pregnancy