Pregnancy and lactation info for Vitamin D
| Pregnancy Safe | Vitamin D is well tolerated, and a 4,000 IU daily dose is considered to be the tolerable upper intake level (the highest dose that should not cause any adverse effects) in pregnant women.[4] Notably, some clinical research used vitamin D in doses up to 100,000 IU in pregnant women, with no reported adverse events in their offspring, who were followed for up to 16 years.[111] |
| Lactation Safe | Vitamin D is well tolerated, and a 4,000 IU daily dose is designated as the tolerable upper intake level (the highest dose that should not cause any adverse effects) in breastfeeding women.[4] Notably, some researchers recommend that breastfeeding mothers take 4,000 IU or more of vitamin D daily to provide their infant with the recommended 10 μg of daily vitamin D via breast milk.[112] |