Please look into this!

MissMeg · 10-10-2006, 10:40 PM

Hello,
I experienced a very early miscarriage in Feb. 2005. I don't want to ever forget my baby. He/She was my fourth child. I was only 4 weeks pg.

After this miscarriage, I read some really interesting information - actually research - on Vitamin D and PCOS. Here is the link:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract

I found great improvement in my irregular periods and heavy bleeding.

After 6 mos., I conceived. My baby boy is 4 mos. now.

I posted more about this in the Trying to Conceive forum, under "This May Help You Concieve!"

I just hope this might help someone.

ChocFish · 10-10-2006, 10:50 PM

MissMeg, this is very interesting. I have just experienced my 2nd loss (no living children) so I would like to investigate this further. What dose did you take?

HopefulCyster · 10-10-2006, 11:06 PM

I just started new Calcium pills, that have Vit D in them.... the dose is 600 mg with 125 I.U. of Vit D... is that enough???

MissMeg · 10-11-2006, 02:43 AM

I chose to take cod liver oil, which contains 400 IU per teaspoon. I had been taking a couple of teaspoons once in awhile, but after the m/c and reading the research, I decide to increase my intake to 4 measured teaspoons per day, or 1600 IU of Vitamin D.Ideally, I would have had a doctor to monitor me, but I didn't have that option.To help put it in perspective, it's interesting to know that our bodies make at least 10,000 IU of Vitamin D with full body exposure in sunshine for 30 mins. The problem is, most of us get very little sun anymore.I like Carlson lemon-flavored cod liver oil because it is fresh, free of contaminants, and contains not only Vitamin D, but also Vitamin A, Omega-3 fatty acids, and some Vitamin E. For more info on Vitamin D, please see http://www.vitamindcouncil.com There is a lot of information there regarding Vitamin D deficiency, various diseases, different forms, toxicity, etc.Cholecalciferol is the more natural form of Vitamin D. Ergocalciferol is sometimes used in multi-vitamins, but may not be as safe as cholecalciferol.I've read that cholecalciferol is available in pill form, too. So that may be preferable to some people.