All pregnant women in Scotland to get free vitamin D - April 2017

Free vitamins for all pregnant women in Scotland from tomorrow March 30, 2017

• "ALL pregnant women in Scotland will receive free vitamins on the NHS from tomorrow [Sat] as Scotland becomes the first nation in the UK to switch to universal provision."
• "The scheme means all expectant mothers will be prescribed the recommended dosages of vitamin C, D and folic acid regardless of their income."

VitaminDWiki

UK program to increase Vitamin D (Healthy Start) continues to be a farce - Nov 2014 only 400 IU
400 IU should result in a decrease in Rickets, but not much else

• Don’t be pregnant in Scotland – March 2013
• Problems with low UV and vitamin D in Scotland - Jan 2012

Pregnancy category starts with

923 items in Pregnancy category

 - see also

• Overview Pregnancy and vitamin D
• Number of articles in both categories of Pregnancy and:Dark Skin 30;   Depression 21;   Diabetes 44;   Obesity 17;  Hypertension 44;   Breathing 36;  Omega-3 44;  Vitamin D Receptor 24 Click here for details
• All items in category Infant/Child 854 items
• Pregnancy needs at least 40 ng of vitamin D, achieved by at least 4,000 IU – Hollis Aug 2017
• 38+ papers with Breastfed etc, in the title
• Call to action – more Vitamin D for pregnancies, loading doses are OK – Holick Aug 2019
• 53+ preeclampsia studies
• 94+ studies with PRETERM in the title
• Fertility problem (PCOS) reduced by vitamin D, etc: many studies 15+
• 94+ Gestational Diabetes
• Caesarean birth much more likely if low Vitamin D - many studies 15+ studies
• Post-partum depression and low Vitamin D - many studies 15+ studies
• Stillbirth reduced by Vitamin D, Zinc, Omega-3 - several studies 5+ studies
• Search VitaminDWiki for "Assisted reproduction" 33 items as of Aug 2022
• Fertility and Sperm category listing has 142 items along with related searches
• (Stunting OR “low birth weight” OR LBW) 1180 items as of June 2020
• Less labor pain if higher level of vitamin D – August 2021
• Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D
• Ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby - take Vitamin D before conception
  

Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D has the following summary

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

Problem	Vit. D Reduces	Evidence
0. Chance of not conceiving	3.4 times	Observe
1. Miscarriage	2.5 times	Observe
2. Pre-eclampsia	3.6 times	RCT
3. Gestational Diabetes	3 times	RCT
4. Good 2nd trimester sleep quality	3.5 times	Observe
5. Premature birth	2 times	RCT
6. C-section - unplanned	1.6 times	Observe
Stillbirth - OMEGA-3	4 times	RCT - Omega-3
7. Depression AFTER pregnancy	1.4 times	RCT
8. Small for Gestational Age	1.6 times	meta-analysis
9. Infant height, weight, head size      within normal limits		RCT
10. Childhood Wheezing	1.3 times	RCT
11. Additional child is Autistic	4 times	Intervention
12.Young adult Multiple Sclerosis	1.9 times	Observe
13. Preeclampsia in young adult	3.5 times	RCT
14. Good motor skills @ age 3	1.4 times	Observe
15. Childhood Mite allergy	5 times	RCT
16. Childhood Respiratory Tract visits	2.5 times	RCT

RCT = Randomized Controlled Trial

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See also web

• https://scotsneedvitamind.com/why-we-need-vitamin-d/pregnancy/ pregnant Scots need 6,000 IU, not 400
• https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/for-health-professionals/vitamins/vitamins-in-scotland
• Do I qualify for Healthy Start? (before April 2017)
  At least 10 weeks pregnant
  Low income/poor
  If both poor and > 10 weeks, then still have to fill out a form to get a voucher
  • Note: Govt does not give Folic acid until 10 weeks into pregnancy, but Folic ceases helping at 12 weeks
    Note: Vitamin D is 100X better than folic acid during pregnancy - that is, with 6,000 IU of Vitamin D