Low iron in pregnancy linked to newborn heart disease in 'gamechanger' discovery

Experts will now investigate whether taking iron supplements before and during pregnancy could help prevent heart defects

More than a third of pregnant women globally are thought to have anaemia.

Women who suffer from low iron levels in pregnancy are much more likely to have a baby with heart disease, experts have found in a "gamechanger" discovery.

For the first time, researchers have linked anaemia in early pregnancy and congenital heart disease, which is when heart problems develop in the womb and are present from birth.