Should I Have Known?

[Gs172003]

@aut555 @lostforgottensoul @Ronin ...

I had an on/gyn chew me out when I found out I was pregnant with #2 and had to get on a medical card because hubby lost his job asking me "why aren't you on birth control don't you know what causes this?"

Some of them are just jerks

 

[Fadeaway]

I highly doubt your baby is going to have any kind of setback. If you are overly concerned ask them to test his Vitamin D levels. In fact since Vitamin D is fat soluble and can build up in the system to toxic levels quite easily as a result of supplementation, I would not supplement without a blood test. Sometimes moms know way more than the Dr.s. You know your baby and if a supposedly experienced pediatrician can't tell when an infant is teething then I would struggle to trust them at all.

Vitamin D is mandatory, but not mandatory via supplementation. 10 minutes of sun exposure at 40 degrees latitude in just a diaper produces the maximum amount of vitamin D the body needs. I know you need longer than that in your location but I wouldn't imagine it would be that much more time.

 

[Casey_03]

Yeah, I'm thinking it's better to just wait until I get back to the states in about 10 days and get him tested then. I really don't trust the doctors here. One doctor told me to give him 1 drop of Vit D a day, and no more, because it's dangerous ... and another told me to give him 4 a day ..... that really doesn't instill much confidence in me. I've also doublechecked and there is Vit. D in both the formula I give him before bed, and the vitamins I take for breastfeeding .... so I don't think there is any critical shortage of Vit. D here. And now that you mention a blood test @Fadeaway that is a good idea. They were basing their decision entirely on an ultrasound they did of his hips; there was no blood test. He could be underdeveloped just because he was born underweight and it took him a while to catch up. Might not be Vit. D at all.

 

[Ronin]

My guess is the lack of sun in that area

In every case it is still not something that'd be as grave a mistake to do as that doc made it appear to be...

Bet the vitamins is the only thing he is schooled in and has no idea of anything systemic and important, as vitamins are about the only thing in Soviet bloc medical curriculum covered so thoroughly as of past four decades that I checked.

 

[Pakadlangitok]

OMG. What an idiot!! Really? So moms for millions of years are bad moms because they did not have synthetic vit D to give them thousands of years ago. My Gosh!! How DID Julius Caesar survive???? Or I should say Tolstoy?

What a total idiot and you are a GREAT MOM to care about your dear little child. You know your baby!

 

[Gs172003]

In every case it is still not something that'd be as grave a mistake to do as that doc made it appear to b...

No. It's not. That's the only reason I can think of theyd even push it.

 

[Powder]

17 years ago, in USA, giving Vitamin D drops was a Big Deal! Not anymore.

From just reading this link, Dead Link Removed
I was reminded that the baby actually gets its first few months of D from your body during gestation. If you were not taking pre-natals and/or not getting daily sunshine exposure of some kind, or not drinking fortified A/D milk (No Idea if they fortify dairy in Ukraine) then perhaps it is normal to supplement there. If moms body lacked sunlight and fortified dairy daily, then yeah, I can see how they might all be taking it seriously there.

Honestly, I have not heard about the hips with Vit.D and was under the impression that was a genetic problem not dietary. Rickets is bowing of the femur.

Breast milk has a low dose of D. Vegan moms present the most risk to infant males for Rickets and related deficiency disorders.

That's all I can find.

At least you're doing it now. Remember, you are working and you don't have the family support. You have PTSD, which largely affects memory. Ideally, you would have the Dr. write down all instructions for you, or print out a fact sheet with daily instructions. You can ask for that next time. And see someone who is not personality-challenged and won't be triggering to you so you can remember, ask questions, and feel safe doing so.

 

[Gs172003]

17 years giving Vitamin D drops was a Big Deal! Not anymore.

From just reading this link, [UR...

I don't ever remember that stuff being pushed but my youngest is 19. Could have been after that.

 

[Casey_03]

You have PTSD, which largely affects Memory. Ideally, you would have the Dr. write down all instructions for you, or print out a fact sheet with daily instructions. You can ask for that next time. And see someone who is not personality-challenged and won't be triggering to you so you can remember, ask questions, and feel safe doing so.

I already did have all instructions written down for me. But I feel the need to clarify that this was definitely not a matter of me not remembering something. Some people with PTSD may have problems with memory; i definitely don't. My work has always depended on retaining absolutely everything said to me. So this was definitely not something that I simply forgot about -- I was told explicitly that he didn't need vitamins.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

And you are breast feeding, so whatever you are drinking and eating should be enough for the baby, unless you are severely vit d deficient.

That is what I was thinking too. Like why any vit unless you are deficient? Wouldn't breast milk be enough?

I'm severely vit D deficient and I am prescribed it. So I can see a baby i breast feed not getting enough vit D. But someone that's not?

Like I totally don't get it but I am so not a mom.