Thanks for all the replies so far...

CBG, cheers hun GL for your continuing journey... see my last levels came up above 50 I think, which sounds like its pretty good? Not sure.

MD - thanks, will check out that link now... I didn't know about Vit D being linked to other issues... my mum has been Vit D deficient due to having coeliac disease and she has had a BC scare... she's also severely osteoporitic (sp?) due to the calcium malabsorption... but her stems from coeliac disease, which has caused the Vit D deficiency. I've been screened for coeliacs and don't have it.

Det - was it hard to give them the Pentavite? Might chat to you tomorrow about it. I got a leaflet from the FBC about it and it says that if you bubs is born Vit D low or deficient, it *can* lead to bone density issues and even a condition called "rickets" where they don't grow properly. Clearly I don't want that, but nor do I want to be forcing an unnecessary supplement on to the little man in his first year!

Kate - what have you decided so far? Have you started bubs on Pentavite?

The thing I found strange was that as I said my sister is also low in Vit D, diagnosed by her GP, who advised her to take Ostelin INSTEAD of going out into the sun. The GP said she'd prefer my sis to take a supplement and deal with any side affects rather than risk developing a melanoma. Seems a bit strange to me.