Pregnancies helped by Vitamin D
Overviews of Pregnancy and Vitamin D
- Overview Pregnancy and vitamin D
- Pregnancy, offspring health, and Vitamin D - umbrella of 250,000 pregnancies - meta-analysis
- Pregnancies are helped 10 ways by Vitamin D - umbrella analysis
Vitamin D reduces Pregnancy risks
- Miscarriage and low Vitamin D – many studies
- Preterm birth and low Vitamin D - many studies
- Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies
- In vitro fertilization and Vitamin D – many studies
- Placenta and Vitamin D - many studies
- Preterm birth and low Vitamin D - many studies
- While in labor, preterm birth delayed 6 days by Vitamin D (single dose of 50,000 IU) - RCT
- Stillbirth reduced by Vitamin D, Zinc, Omega-3 - many studies
- Cesarean birth much more likely if low Vitamin D - many studies
- Ectopic pregnancies: 5X increase in 50 years (now 2%), 6.4 X more likely if Vitamin D < 30 ng
- Ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby - take Vitamin D before conception
Vitamin D reduces risks after birth
- 24% lower risk of Autism for every 4 ng higher level of vitamin D during pregnancy - RCT
- Asthma reduced by 4,400 IU of Vitamin D while pregnant - RCT and video Weiss
- Breastfeeding and Vitamin D - many studies
- Post-partum depression and low Vitamin D - many studies
- Cerebral Palsy and Vitamin D - many studies
- Growing pains associated with low Vitamin D - many studies
- Diarrhea and Vitamin D - many studies
- Child Obesity and Vitamin D - many studies
- Neural tube defect and Vitamin D - many studies
- Childhood Rickets AI summary using VitaminDWiki - Feb 2026
- 2X less risk of respiratory distress syndrome if 50,000 IU of Vitamin D just before premature birth – RCT