Night Shifts May Raise the Risk of Miscarriage New York Times
Pregnant women who worked two or more night shifts a week were at increased risk of miscarriage
- “Researchers studied 22,744 pregnant Danish women, tracking their work schedules and hospital admissions for miscarriage using government databases.”
- “The study, in Occupational & Environmental Medicine, found that after eight weeks of pregnancy, women who had worked two or more night shifts during the previous week had a 32 percent increased risk of miscarriage compared with women who did not work nights.”
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2018-105592
_Note: Vitamin D was not mentioned in the NYT article nor by the abstract
- Miscarriage in first trimester 2.5X more likely if less than 20 ng of vitamin D – July 2015
- Miscarriage 2 times more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis May 2017
- 40 percent lower vitamin D level if work other shifts (Italy) – June 2015
- Shiftworkers and Indoor Workers have lower Vitamin D levels – review of 10 studies Sept 2018
Items in both categories Pregnancy and High Risk are listed here:
- 400 IU of vitamin D helped a few adults (Orthodox Jewish mothers - heavy clothing) – 2001
- Miscarriage 32 percent more likely if work night shift (probably low Vitamin D) – April 2019
- Turkey recommended 1200 IU Vitamin D during pregnancy, only 1 in 7 took more than 1,000 IU – Sept 2017
- Burka clothing reduces vitamin D levels, which causes pregnancy problems – Oct 2015
- Overview Pregnancy and vitamin D