Was with some friends the other week, myself and one of my friends are expecting. One of my non-pg friends mentioned something she had read about some breastfed babies getting rickets due to lack of vit d in breastmilk and that's why formula is recommended. This doesn't sound right to me - vit D is formed by the action of sunlight on the skin(though you can get supplments containing it), and in fact there was a recent news story on BBC website say that our keeness to ensure our babies are not exposed to sunlight (due to risk of sunburn etc.) means there was an increase in case of rickets(caused by a lack of vit D). It mentions that 20 mins of sunlight would make the recommended daily amount of vit D to avoid this.
Can anyone else shed any light(excuse the pun!) on this? I'm very keen to try bf, but I know my friend is in two minds, and I hate for her to be put off by false information.
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Lack of Vit D in breastmilk causing rickets???
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Bouncingturtle · 13/08/2007 13:50
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