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[quote=Anonymous]I apologize if most people already know about vitamin d but I haven't seen much on the subject in this forum the last 6-9 months I have been following this forum.

Today I just found out that I have a Vitamin D deficiency.  I most likely have PCOS and my primary care doctor suggested that I be tested for it (of course SG recommended no such thing although I given them blood on several occasions for all types of tests).  After I received the call from my doctor with my test results in the low range, I googled vitamin D deficiency and infertility.  Surprise, surprise!!!  There is definitely a link between the two.  Up to 97% of infertile women could have a vitamin D, deficiency, especially those with PCOS.  In one study, all women with PCOS tested in the low or severely deficient range for Vitamin D.  Also, some infertile women started ovulating regularly and became pregnant taking by increasing their vitamin D levels alone (by 20 minutes direct sunlight or supplementation by pills)

So the moral of this story is, have your vitamin D checked early in the process because its a heck of a lot more economic to pay for vitamins than for gonadotropins.  And if you're far into the fertility treatment process like me, apparently vitamin D supplementation improves ivf success rates (presumably by supporting healthy uterine lining growth). 
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