Vitamin D - The Essence of Survival

Although there is no evidence of the role of Vitamin D in fertilization, we suggest this area and role of Vitamin D needs to be studied. During the forty weeks, the needs of the fetus to the means of survival through the placenta is maintained. As for calcium, trans-placental pump which is not Vitamin D dependent and is maintaining enough to build the bones and maintain the heart pumping, from the maternal circulating calcium. It is only in situations of severe symptomatic osteomalacia of the mother that cases of congenital rickets were reported. It is true that maternal osteomalacia causes fetal rickets which was reported at the beginning of the twentieth century from China. At birth, maternal Vitamin D deficiency can lead to failure of progress in labor that might increase the rate of Caesarian Section.