Vitamin D tablets?

[captainshortie]

I had my health visitor round today who asked me if i was taking anything tablet wise, i told her no i stopped taking folic acid at 14 weeks and havent taken anything else.
She then said my midwife shouldve told me to take vit d tablets my entire pregnancy?
(Just to put into context im in NE england where we rarley get sun so can understand why I may need it as rains more than anything here)
However my midwife hasnt mentioned this to me AT ALL.
To stop me from going in guns blazing at my next appointment with her (shes useless btw had to remind her about my whopping cough and anti d injection and after id passed her my urine sample at last app she asked me for it again...) what do you all think?
Have you all been told to take it? How do i bring it up to midwife? Should i be OVERLY concerned?

Hi OP

I’m from the north east too and had similar experiences as you say.. I’m finally meeting my actual mid wife next Monday! It’s been somebody different every time which hasn’t helped at all, although the last one was good.

I wasn’t aware you had to take Vitamin D all the way through either? Has somebody else mentioned this to you? I assumed it was the same as folic acid (the tablets I took had them both combined) and I stopped taking them at 13 weeks. Midwife said that was great and never asked me to continue taking vitamin D? How strange!

The NHS advice on taking vitamin D supplements actually applies to everyone, not pregnant women in particular.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/vitamins-minerals-supplements-pregnant/#vitamin-d-in-pregnancy

It's annoying that your midwife didn't bother mentioning it, but I'm sure you're fine. Just start taking it now (if you want to). Or use it an excuse to book a sunny holiday

I got told this time round so have been taking it but with my son 2 years ago I took nothing (even folic acid made me violently sick) and all was ok :)

I've joined to make this post in case it helps anyone else...I am awful at taking tablets but have coped with the pregnacare TTC as they are tiny. However they don't have enough vitamin d in so I've been searching for a solution to that (most vitamin d tablets are massive so a no go for me) and finally found one- haliborange make chewable vitamin d & calcium for kids. They taste nice and one tablet contains enough to make up for the shortfall in the TTC tablets. Hopefully that might help anyone else who is terrible at taking 'big' tablets like I am :)

It was more the HV shock that id not been told I need to take it that got me.
My mam (whos a nurse) said if shed of known she wouldvd told me to take it, but pregnancy isnt her field so dont think unless shed gone out of her way shed of found out.
Theres also a girl at work who lives an hour away and she said she was told to take vit d tablets...
Its not like shes told me and baby brain kicked in and i forgot as my DP said he hasnt heard her mention it either.

Hmmm ill bring it up like when im next there, but obviously cant of done that much harm not taking it as baby is very healthy. :)

You need to take folic acid for the whole of your pregnancy, not just the first three months.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/vitamins-minerals-supplements-pregnant/

This says folic acid for 12 weeks

That's odd. I asked my midwife at my 16 week appointment yesterday how long I should take it for and she said for the whole of the pregnancy. It might be because I'm carrying twins, I don't know.