Keeping my immune system in tip top while pregnant, HELP! - Page 2

[L&K'smommie]

I'm currently taking 50,000 IUs/day(for one month) to get my levels up, after the first month I will drop to 50,000IUs 3 times a week. They were at 18 at the end of August and my ANP wants them over 90. I will get them retested probably when I do my first blood draw with my MW for this pregnancy. I was low in Vit D my last pregnancy as well and my MW and Naturopath had me on 10,000IUs a day during my pregnancy(I took 15,000IUs a day for a month first) I started at like 24 that year and 3 months later was at 54 which was still not optimum personally. I also live in Alaska so getting Vit D through sunlight doesn't really happen. But this is what my ANP has me on...

[misskira]

Well... I know this isn't the popular choice around here, but I will be getting a flu shot. I'm a public school teacher (life skills, so diapering and feeding as well) and my son is in daycare. So I think it's the right choice for me. Also, I had 2 friends lose babies to h1n1 last year.

I'm also taking vit. d and my prenatal, and changing out of my work clothes as soon as I get home from work.

[creekprincess]

Thought I would bump this and add that i have been taking 1500 iu plus my prenatal since my September post....@ 26 weeks pregnant at the end of december I was retested and was 45!

i am going to add another 500iu to it.

My next question and i'll prolly have to make a post by itself....how much Vitamin D is okay to take while nursing? and the  do i need to supplement the baby still?

[karen1968]

Originally Posted by creekprincess 

My next question and i'll prolly have to make a post by itself....how much Vitamin D is okay to take while nursing? and the  do i need to supplement the baby still?

Hmm. Good questions. I am still taking 4,000 iu daily when I remember, and supplementing my DD (almost 10 weeks) 400iu a couple of yimes a week (one Carlson BabyDrop on my finger and have her suck it off). My ped wanted me to use TriViSol - blech!