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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Truly, there is no need to take any supplements other than folic acid. [/quote]

My “barely above ricket’s unless on supplements” vitamin D levels would like a word with you.

OP - I currently live just off the equator and still have to supplement and supplemented throughout my pregnancy. Toxic doses are somewhere around 10,000 iu daily over months. Also, most prenatal have D2-not D3-which doesn’t absorb as well. If you are concerned just have your doctor do a vitamin D levels when you have a blood draw next but don’t panic yourself.[/quote]

Well, I'm not your doctor so I can't say.  But you can absolutely take too much Vitamin D, and it's questionable if it's necessary at all for most people to supplement even if their blood levels are supposedly low.  Especially during pregnancy, I would err on the side of not taking anything not strictly necessary.

Breastfed babies need to be supplemented with D, but the rest of us can  just spend 10 minutes in the sun every day.

The Vitamin D craze was pushed by bad research and a single guy who profited off of it:  
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/health/vitamin-d-deficiency-supplements.html
https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/strategy/man-who-sold-america-vitamin-d-%E2%80%94-and-profited-process

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My levels were 13 ng/ml before supplements. This was with eating fortified foods and walking to work daily.

Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy increases risk outcomes including preeclampsia. Which is why OP should check her levels rather than stop
cold turkey.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3540805/[/quote]

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