Is vitamin D tablet needed in Pregnancy

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Asked for Female, 26 Years

My wife is 6 weeks pregnant and has vitamin D deficiency 18.43 where as normal range is 30-100ng/ml. Doctor prescribed to take DV 60K once in a week Is it safe to use this tablet ? I have attached the report.

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Dr. Astha Agarwal

Gynecologist/Obstetrician 16 yrs exp Ghaziabad

Yes if your wife is already deficient in vitamin D she definitely needs to take supplements... but I don't advise it in the first trimester of pregnancy and would have advised her from the second trimester

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Dr. Isha Sunil Gynecologist/Obstetrician 11 yrs exp Jammu · Accepted Answer

Dr. Isha Sunil

Gynecologist/Obstetrician 11 yrs exp Jammu

Yes its safe

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