An OBGYN has been giving high-dose Vitamin D for pregnancies for over a decade - video

Introduction to Dr. Kecia Gaither (0:12–1:38) Why Vitamin D Matters in Pregnancy (2:00–2:38) Dr. Gaither’s Clinical Experience with Vitamin D (2:44–6:36) Vitamin D Beyond Pregnancy: Mental Health and Immunity (6:36–7:38, 14:33–15:53) Screening and Supplementation Protocols (5:22–9:36) Vitamin D’s Impact on Pregnancy Outcomes (11:00–12:22) The Future of Vitamin D Research in Maternal Health (12:31–13:47, 27:35–28:55) Challenges in Vitamin D Implementation in Healthcare (17:29–19:56) Addressing Disparities in Vitamin D Deficiency (23:31–25:46) Vitamin D Deficiency: Causes and Risks (23:31–24:59) Dr. Gaither’s Personal Experience with Vitamin D (21:32–22:56) Final Thoughts on Vitamin D’s Importance (26:04–27:25)

She typically starts supplementation at 1,000 μg/day, escalating to a 50,000 μg “mega-dose” if levels are extremely low (e.g., single digits), then returning to the maintenance dose.

    >40,000 IU/day Note: unaware of anyone else who is giving such high doses during pregnancy

    10,000 IU of vitamin D during pregnancy resulted in spectacular infant development – Coimbra April 2018

    Vitamin D Danger - Women need 70 ng for optimal Estrogen - video and transcript Dec 2023

Since implementing routine vitamin D screening and supplementation, she notes a marked reduction in preterm labor rates within her high-risk patient cohort—an observational insight.

Her YouTube videos, etc. are reviewed at Perplexity AI

📄 Download the PDF from VitaminDWiki

Related in VitaminDWiki

• Pregnancy

  • 158+ VitaminDWiki pages have PREEMIE or PRE-TERM in the title

• Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D

• Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies

• Preterm Birth 2.7X more likely if low vitamin D (dark skin in this case) - Nov 2023

• Pregnant while black increases chance of death – mothers 3X, infants 2X (low Vitamin D) – Feb 2019

• 300,000 IU of Vitamin D total is not enough during pregnancy – RCT May 2018

  Most were taking 2,000 to 7,000 IU daily for >50% of pregnancy

      Click on hyperlinks for details

• Moving Vitamin D Research into Practice - Video and transcript - Baggerly - Oct 2021

  • 63+ VitaminDWiki pages have TRANSCRIPT in the title

• Comparing High-dose vitamin D therapies

• Pre-term birth - many of risk factors are associated with low vitamin D