Pages tagged with "Pregnancy"
- 50,000 IU of Vitamin D every 2 weeks reduced gestational diabetes – RCT
- Low Vitamin D – 2X more likely to have preemie AND mother later to have heart problems
- Chance of preterm birth is strongly associated with low vitamin D
- High blood pressure during pregnancy (preeclampsia) associated with low vitamin D, c-section
- Effects of low vitamin D on pregnancy and neonate – review
- Decreased risk of preterm birth if have more than 36 ng of vitamin D
- Neural tube defects associated with lower vitamin D levels
- Low maternal vitamin D level at 4 months associated with 3X more lung problems in boys
- Preemies 2.5 X more likely to get hip replacement etc. (low vitamin D)
- Gut Microbiome is important during pregnancy
- Pre-term births reduced in half if 40 ng of vitamin D in 3rd trimester
- 1.8X increased risk of Obesity if antibiotics were used during pregnancy
- Infant much healthier if Gestational Diabetic mother got 2 doses of vitamin D – RCT
- Metabolites of pregnant blacks vary with vitamin D level
- More vitamin D needed during pregnancy – meta-analysis
- Postpartum depression 7X more likely if less than 10 ng of vitamin D
- Unplanned c-section birth 40 percent less often if sufficient vitamin D
- Depression after pregnancy and vitamin D
- Changes during pregnancy of vitamin D (decrease), DBP (2X) and albumin (0.8X)
- Even after informing mothers of the importance of vitamin D supplementation few did so