Hello friends,

I haven't followed the vitamin D thread very well this week (not following
much well lately, it seems my three small children need to be fed every few
minutes all summer!), but I did notice someone said their 25(OH)D level was
81 ng/mL?  That is a pretty exceptional complement of vitamin D.  The
Taylor, Wagner, and Hollis research seems to point to 50-60 ng/mL being the
level at which most mothers confer 400 IU/day to their babies via
breastmilk ... though I have met a few endocrinologists and read some work
out there that advocates for the higher levels, I have not personally ever
been successful in getting my own level above a high of 48 a few years ago.


Since the trend is toward supplementing the mother to bring up levels in
the baby, might there also be some benefit to lowering that 81 ng/mL level
to help bring down the level in the baby?  Or is there another reason for
keeping the maternal 25(OH)D level so high?

I'm sorry if this was already addressed and I just missed it ... trying to
catch up a bit.

--Diana Cassar-Uhl, IBCLC
upstate NY

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