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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.
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.
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.
--Diana in NY, IBCLC
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