I have often wondered if anyone has researched the levels of hormone
calcidiol or calcitriol in mother's milk. It seems to me that perhaps we are
passing on the synthesized from of Vitamin D to our little ones, and maybe
no one has checked yet? Does anyone know?
Lee-Ann Grenier
LLLC leader, and LE

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> Date:    Fri, 4 Jun 2010 03:16:19 +0000
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> Subject: Vitamin D
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> The thing about vitamin D and breastmilk is that unless a mother's level of
> 25(OH)D is greater than 60 ng/mL (I can't cite the source for this right now
> but I know I read it), she does not have adequate D for herself AND her
> milk. That's why the AAP has jumped in to make sure babies get supplemented
> ... but Jan Barger is right - we're a society of deficiency right now.
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> My own numbers: after years of lots of low-grade symptoms (not just bone
> health, as we're learning), I finally got a doctor to order the lab test. I
> was deficient, at 17 ng/mL. 6 weeks later (on 50,000 IU/week + 400 IU/day),
> my level reached 42. 6 more weeks later (on same supplemental regimen), I'm
> up to 44. I've been breastfeeding continuously for 7-1/2 years. I do not
> consume dairy products or fatty fish. I wilt in the heat and therefore avoid
> being outside in the summer. I live in New York. I'm caucasian, but with
> darker pigmented skin than average.
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> At the time of her breast cancer diagnosis nearly 8 years ago, my mother's
> vitamin D level was 7 ng/mL. The current RDI for vitamin D is not adequate.
> Research is proving that much higher doses are well-tolerated and necessary.
> Hopefully, the work of those researchers is being heard and our government
> and medical community will begin pushing vitamin D, especially for women of
> childbearing age.
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> --Diana in NY, IBCLC
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