I can say with almost certainty that she has severe vitamin D
deficiency.  Her doc can test her 25(OH)D levels now, and every three
months from now as she finds a level of D supplementation that is
right for her.  It's taking me 2000 IU per day from all sources to
maintain 52-56 ng/mL.  This seems to be fairly typical.

There are likely other issues as well, but D deficiency is a good
place to start since most people are D deficient and since optimizing
D levels can help such a wide variety of syptoms (mood stability,
muscle strength, immune function, bone integrity or lack thereof, bone
pain, joint pain, muscle pain and more).

I'd also encourage her to eat a low inflammation diet, attempting to
eat fruits and non-starchy veggies for each meal and snack - really
trying for 10-13 or more servings per day....two large salads per day
with addtional veggies and fruits, some raw nuts, enough protein to
meet her personal needs, sufficient dietary fat from healthy fats like
olive oil, macadamia nuts and coconut oil and hopefully a multi with
enough zinc, easily absorbed iron (like iron bisglycinate) and b
vitamins to make it worthwhile.

Fish oil also has a broad spectrum of documented benefits and can only
benefit most moms post partum.

Encourage her to optimize calcium and magnesium.....many moms get
sufficient calcium but truly insufficient magnesium.  Most everyone
gets too little potassium since it comes mainly from vegetables and
fruits.   Insufficiency of potassium is often accompanied by extreme
fatigue and feeling weak.

If she had fibromyalgia before the birth, she likely still has it but
is experiencing different or worse symptoms now.....Jacob Teitlebaum,
MD is generallyi considered to be the foremost authority on Chronic
Fatigue/Fibromyalgia.  Here is his website:
https://www.endfatigue.com/home.nsf

I can't state strongly enough though what just improving nutrition can
do.  I had severe myalgia 4 years ago as well as extreme debilitating
fatigue and a variety of emotional symptoms (most notably an
incapacitating level of anxiety).

Nutrition and orthomolecular supplementation took care of all of it.
Anxiety? Gone.  Myalgia?  Gone.  Bone pain?  Gone.  Fatigue?  Gone
(even wtih a then 18 mo old an extremely challenging 4 yo)
Inflammation?  Gone.  Recurrent infections, pneumonia etc?  Gone.

All the best to this mom.  Feel free to forward this email if you
think it would be helpful to her.

Katherine in atl

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