If you’d like to support our podcast, you can find us on Patreon at patreon.com/milkminutepodcastThank you to our sponsors:Taking Cara Babies- https://takingcarababies.com/?sc_ref=sci1hIcpVyQ77VgbThe Wandering Womb Etsy shop- etsy.com/shop/thewanderingwom6Get your breastfeeding journey BACK ON TRACK with a Lactation Consult with Heather! Telehealth available and some insurance accepted. Click the link below for the deets.Click here to Work with HeatherTable of Contents0:35 Today’s topic is Vitamin D1:05 More than for healthy bones1:10 Vit. D, great for your immune system!1:35 Thank you to our sponsor Taking Cara Babies2:30 Not enough Vit. D: It's not good!3:35 Most people are Vit. D deficient4:40 Won’t nature just take care of us?5:25 Modern hygiene and low Vit. D6:50 Vit. D dietary sources (hint: they’re not enough)8:35 Bodies can make a lot of D in the sun9:08 Using sunscreen: a debate11:12 Gaps in Vit. D research (there are too many!)12:05 Evidence that low D is quite bad13:43 Anecdote: low D and dysfunctional labor15:50 Low D and vaginitis16:40 Thank you to our sponsor The Wandering Womb Etsy shop17:24 What are normal Vit. D levels?17:40 Supplementation, some thoughts18:30 Recommended supplements amounts18:55 Why start supplementing in pregnancy20:22 Supplements and your baby22:00 Tips for giving vitamins to babies24:30 Supplementing yourself for baby26:15 Respiratory illness and low D in babies26:55 Our takes on supplementation28:30 Heather watched “Hamilton”29:30 Summary of informationThanks to Cherie Louise Turner for editing and production and to Lindsay Brett Carothers for her musical stylings of our intro and outro.Additional music credits, thank you Wataboi and Mazzaccaro from Pixabay.Thanks for listening to The Milk Minute. If you haven’t already please like, subscribe, and review our podcast wherever you listen.To send us feedback, personal stories, or just to chat you can send us an email at milkminutepodcast@gmail.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/milkminutepodcast)