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You Need 'D' to Avoid a 'C'

By  NESITA KWAN

Updated 1:18 PM PDT, Mon, Jan 26, 2009

Related Topics: Michael Holick | Boston University

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Vitamin D may help prevent the need for a Caesarian section.

 

Pregnant women are four times more likely to require a C-section if they have a deficiency in vitamin D. 

A study at Boston University links vitamin D deficiency to muscle weakness and high blood pressure.  Study author Dr. Michael Holick says both those problems may increase the risk of having a Caesarian section.

He suggests that pregnant women begin talking a vitamin D supplement.  "There is no downside to doing this," he says.

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