question about vitamin supplements during pregnancy

[Guest guest]

Hi Bee and all,

I am suffering with horrible seasonal allergies right now, and pregnant. In

your info about allergies, it says to take 200 mg vit b complex (divided)

and up to 500 mg niacin if you can stand the flush. are these vitamin levels

safe for pregnancy? On sites like webmd it states the recommended daily

level of pantothenic acid for pregnant women as only 6 mg....

I imagine that since b vitamins are water soluble they will be excreted out

and not affect the fetus?

thanks,

anna

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Bee and all,

> I am suffering with horrible seasonal allergies right now, and

pregnant. In

> your info about allergies, it says to take 200 mg vit b complex

(divided)

> and up to 500 mg niacin if you can stand the flush. are these

vitamin levels

> safe for pregnancy? On sites like webmd it states the recommended

daily

> level of pantothenic acid for pregnant women as only 6 mg....

> I imagine that since b vitamins are water soluble they will be

excreted out

> and not affect the fetus?

==>Yes . You are correct that B vitamins are water soluble so

any excess is eliminated by the body. If your allergies are

affecting your nose and sinuses see this article:

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/sinus4.php

I believe that cod liver oil, vitamin C and the extra niacin are much

more important for allergies than taking 200 mg vitamin B complex, in

which case you only need to take 50 mg vitamin B complex twice a

day. However you can still take 500 mg niacin in divided doses.

Start with smaller amounts and gradually increase them to minimize

the flush. You could also take extra vitamin A = 100,000 IU per day,

but always stop taking it one day every 2 weeks to allow the body to

balance out.

Bee

[Guest guest]

Bee, don't you mean 10,000 IU per day? The capsules come in 10,000 IU, and

25,000 IU's. Taking the 100,000 IU would be 10 a day--way too much for a

pregnant woman. There are suppose to be dangers in supplementing with vitamin A

during pregnancy. Many warnings are there. It is not a water soluable vitamin. I

found that out when I was pregnant back 27 years ago. I believe I mentioned what

happened before. Val

Bee <beeisbuzzing2003@...> wrote:

>

> Hi Bee and all,

> I am suffering with horrible seasonal allergies right now, and

pregnant. In

> your info about allergies, it says to take 200 mg vit b complex

(divided)

> and up to 500 mg niacin if you can stand the flush. are these

vitamin levels

> safe for pregnancy? On sites like webmd it states the recommended

daily

> level of pantothenic acid for pregnant women as only 6 mg....

> I imagine that since b vitamins are water soluble they will be

excreted out

> and not affect the fetus?

==>Yes . You are correct that B vitamins are water soluble so

any excess is eliminated by the body. If your allergies are

affecting your nose and sinuses see this article:

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/sinus4.php

I believe that cod liver oil, vitamin C and the extra niacin are much

more important for allergies than taking 200 mg vitamin B complex, in

which case you only need to take 50 mg vitamin B complex twice a

day. However you can still take 500 mg niacin in divided doses.

Start with smaller amounts and gradually increase them to minimize

the flush. You could also take extra vitamin A = 100,000 IU per day,

but always stop taking it one day every 2 weeks to allow the body to

balance out.

Bee

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[Guest guest]

>

> Bee, don't you mean 10,000 IU per day? The capsules come in 10,000

IU, and 25,000 IU's. Taking the 100,000 IU would be 10 a day--way too

much for a pregnant woman. There are suppose to be dangers in

supplementing with vitamin A during pregnancy. Many warnings are

there. It is not a water soluable vitamin. I found that out when I

was pregnant back 27 years ago. I believe I mentioned what happened

before.

==>I meant 100,000 IUs of natural vitamin A found in cod liver oil

and other fish liver oils. There is no danger taking 100,000 IU of

natural source vitamin A. The problems associated with high doses of

vitamin A only occur with synthetic vitamin A and when it is not

taken along with enough vitamin D and omega-3 as well as other good

fats. All of the fats and oil soluble vitamins work together and

taking one without others will cause problems. Also good saturated

fats are required in order for the body to utilize vitamin A, D, E,

omega-3, etc.

==>To avoid any possible overdose you stop taking it one day every 2

weeks so your body can balance it out. High doses shouldn't be taken

longer than 3 months at a time.

Bee

[Guest guest]

Hi valerie,

can i ask you what happened when you were pregnant and

taking too much vitamin A?

thanks

JHM

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[Guest guest]

This link is to the WAP diet for pregnant women. It says 20,000 IU from cod

liver oil. And then part of the diet includes extra liver, which would bump

up the Vit A intake considerably.

http://www.westonaprice.org/children/dietformothers.html

Marla

> ==>I meant 100,000 IUs of natural vitamin A found in cod liver oil

> and other fish liver oils. There is no danger taking 100,000 IU of

> natural source vitamin A. The problems associated with high doses of

> vitamin A only occur with synthetic vitamin A and when it is not

> taken along with enough vitamin D and omega-3 as well as other good

> fats. All of the fats and oil soluble vitamins work together and

> taking one without others will cause problems. Also good saturated

> fats are required in order for the body to utilize vitamin A, D, E,

> omega-3, etc.

>

> ==>To avoid any possible overdose you stop taking it one day every 2

> weeks so your body can balance it out. High doses shouldn't be taken

> longer than 3 months at a time.

>

> Bee

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue, I don't mean to disagree with Bee, as I feel her program is tops and

I've had good results with it. But I feel I must tell what happened. I had 4

children. Two girls and two boys. My boys were born between the girls.Soon after

my oldest son was born he was found to have a heart problem. We had to fly to

Mayo Clinic on an emergency flight as he was going into heart failure. He had a

malfunction of the heart and was treated and was fine. Then 4 years later I had

another son. He had a hole in his heart and very narrow valves. He had heart

surgery to correct the problem when he was eleven months old. The doctors were

curious as to why I had two boys with heart problems. I also wondered, and read

soon after my second son was born, that taking supplemental vitamin A was

causing birth defects and heart abnormalities. That really rang a bell, as I had

been taking 25,000 IU's of vitamin A throughout both pregnancies. I researched

it, as I do for many health matters. I was

alarmed at what I read and found that pregnant women should not get more than

8,000 IU's per day. I've since read the warnings on the internet. I never told

my doctors this, as I don't know that they would have known at that time the

dangers. (It was new found medical research, 21 years ago) But I have always

felt guilty about this and wondered if it was because of me supplementing with

this vitamin. I have always been a researcher in alternative methods and the

medical side. Now I'm almost sure that what I took was vitamin A derived from

fish oil, it was the Now brand. When I got pregnant again, I made sure I did not

take the supplement and I had a healthy girl, with a healthy heart. My first

daughter, my oldest was fine also and I did not supplement with A, and I smoked

throughout that pregnancy. Of course, I am not possitively sure about this being

because of the vitamin A, but it always stuck in my mind.

I now supplement with vitamin A and take Cod Liver Oil. I take one or two

25,000 IU's a day. My cod liver oil only contains 1,200 IU's, so it would be

hard to get it all from that. My brand is still the Now brand derived from fish

oil. I feel I dont need it as much in the summer months. It has always helped my

sinus's and my dry eye that I get in the cold winter months. Val

sue <healinmyself@...> wrote:

Hi valerie,

can i ask you what happened when you were pregnant and

taking too much vitamin A?

thanks

JHM

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