During pregnancy, vitamins are crucial to the development of both you and your baby and a healthy diet is the best way to ensure that you both get all the vitamins you need. Vitamin deficienceies are most common in those who: are lactose intolerant vegetarian vegan celiac suffer from high levels of stress smoke drink […]
Vitamin D
Vitamin D and pregnancy
Pregnant and breastfeeding women who do not eat dairy products or who have little exposure to the sun can suffer from a vitamin D deficiency, which can lead to seizures and a slowing down of your baby’s heart rate. Vitamin D, also known as calciferol, is a fat-soluble vitamin, like vitamin A and vitamin E, […]