Having a Baby: Vitamin D Deficiency Is Tied to C-Sections
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Vitamin D deficiency may increase the likelihood of having a Caesarean section, a new study has found.
At the turn of the 20th century, according to background information in the report, deformed bones in the pelvis often led to a C-section, a problem that virtually disappeared with the vitamin D fortification of milk and other foods. But this study, published online Dec. 23 in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, suggests that vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy is still a problem.
The researchers studied 253 births at a Boston hospital from 2005 to 2007. After controlling for other variables, the scientists found that women with low blood levels of vitamin D were almost four times as likely to have an emergency C-section as those with normal levels. Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with muscle weakness and high blood pressure, which might help explain the finding.
Dr. Michael Holick, a professor of medicine at Boston University and the senior author of the study, offered straightforward advice for pregnant women. “Take a thousand-unit supplement of vitamin D, available at any pharmacy, on top of any prenatal vitamins you’re taking, so that you’re getting 1,400 units a day,” he said. “There is no downside to doing this.”
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Just have to leave a comment about the vitamin D -- This is a fascinating study and I am beginning to think there is so much more to it than we ever thought (in terms of what it does in our body). The only thing I am worried about is vitamin D toxicity -- from the sun, you can't get an overdose, but you can through supplements. Another weird thing, I've also read that vitamin D isn't even a vitamin, but a hormone! Here is an article about how to spot vitamin D deficiency symptoms (as well as some good info about vitamin D and women): http://www.womentowomen.com/nutritionandweightloss/vitamind.aspx
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