All pregnant women in Scotland to get free vitamin D - April 2017

Free vitamins for all pregnant women in Scotland from tomorrow March 30, 2017

• "ALL pregnant women in Scotland will receive free vitamins on the NHS from tomorrow [Sat] as Scotland becomes the first nation in the UK to switch to universal provision."
• "The scheme means all expectant mothers will be prescribed the recommended dosages of vitamin C, D and folic acid regardless of their income."

Vitamin D Life

UK program to increase Vitamin D (Healthy Start) continues to be a farce - Nov 2014 only 400 IU
400 IU should result in a decrease in Rickets, but not much else

• Don’t be pregnant in Scotland – March 2013
• Problems with low UV and vitamin D in Scotland - Jan 2012

Pregnancy category starts with

751 items in Pregnancy category

 - see also

• Overview Pregnancy and vitamin D
• Number of articles in both categories of Pregnancy and:
  Dark Skin 25;   Depression 17;   Diabetes 39;   Obesity 12;  Hypertension 35;   Breathing 29;  Omega-3 30;  Vitamin D Receptor 18
• All items in category Infant/Child 606 items
• breastfed 887 items as of Jan 2018
• Preeclampsia 825 items as of Jan 2018
• Pre-term 368 items (not in PDF) as of Nov 2020
• "polycystic ovary syndrome" OR PCOS 303 items as of Jan 2018
• Gestational Diabetes
• c-section OR "caesarean section" (various spellings) 937 items as of Aug 2020
• postpartum depression 208 items as of Aug 2018
• Search VitaminDiiki for MISCARRIAGE OR "Spontaneous abortion" 794 as of Feb 2020
• Search Vitamin D Life for "Assisted reproduction" 33 items as of Feb 2017
• Fertility and Sperm category listing has 109 items along with related searches
• (Stunting OR “low birth weight” OR LBW) 1180 items as of June 2020
• Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D
• Ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby - take Vitamin D before conception
  

Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D has the following summary

Problem	Reduces	Evidence
0. Chance of not conceiving	3.4 times	Observe
1. Miscarriage	2.5 times	Observe
2. Pre-eclampsia	3.6 times	RCT
3. Gestational Diabetes	3 times	RCT
4. Good 2nd trimester sleep quality	3.5 times	Observe
5. Premature birth	2 times	RCT
6. C-section - unplanned	1.6 times	Observe
Stillbirth - OMEGA-3	4 times	RCT - Omega-3
7. Depression AFTER pregnancy	1.4 times	RCT
8. Small for Gestational Age	1.6 times	meta-analysis
9. Infant height, weight, head size      within normal limits		RCT
10. Childhood Wheezing	1.3 times	RCT
11. Additional child is Autistic	4 times	Intervention
12.Young adult Multiple Sclerosis	1.9 times	Observe
13. Preeclampsia in young adult	3.5 times	RCT
14. Good motor skills @ age 3	1.4 times	Observe
15. Childhood Mite allergy	5 times	RCT
16. Childhood Respiratory Tract visits	2.5 times	RCT

RCT = Randomized Controlled Trial

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See also web

• https://scotsneedvitamind.com/why-we-need-vitamin-d/pregnancy/ pregnant Scots need 6,000 IU, not 400
• https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/for-health-professionals/vitamins/vitamins-in-scotland
• Do I qualify for Healthy Start? (before April 2017)
  At least 10 weeks pregnant
  Low income/poor
  If both poor and > 10 weeks, then still have to fill out a form to get a voucher
  • Note: Govt does not give Folic acid until 10 weeks into pregnancy, but Folic ceases helping at 12 weeks
    Note: Vitamin D is 100X better than folic acid during pregnancy - that is, with 6,000 IU of Vitamin D