Barbara asks:
 
My group moms often ask about Vit D so I researched brands for   contents.  
Wondering why baby needs D so early?  Why contaminate  the  infant gut so 
early with anything other than  breastmillk?>>
 
 
Because moms are deficient in Vit D.  Fabulous article in Dec  issue of 
Midwifery and Women's Health (???).  A study at Henry Ford  Hospital in Detroit 
from 1/1/2008 thru 12/31/2009, measuring the Vit D  levels of pregnant 
women, spanning all cultures & ethnicities,  summer/fall/winter/spring -- over 
2800 women.  Median Vit D level was 14  ng/mL.  Only 7.5% had Vit D levels 
that were 30 ng/mL or higher.   That's absolutely appalling.  And what is 
worse is that ACOG has ruled that  there is "insufficient evidence" to show that 
pregnant women should routinely be  tested for Vit D levels (2011), and 
that what they get in their prenats is  sufficient.  400 IU?  Recommendation 
(Bruce Hollis? Carol??? (I'm in a  garage somewhere and can't access my files) 
recommend 6400 IU daily for pregnant  and lactating women which would give 
them enough in their  breastmilk.
 
Don't forget the 2009 study by Anne Merewood in which women who had  Vit D 
levels of 50 ng/mL or higher had a C/Section rate of about 5% -- same as  it 
was in 1970.
 
Jan Barger -- who takes 5000 IU/day cuz I live in the north, am old  and 
chubby.  And whose last level was 62 ng/mL.


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