Calcium, bones and pregnancy

[AnnieBrooke]

Has anyone's doctor given them specific advice about their calcium intake?  Mine is concerned about my family history of osteoporosis, and my (later in life) pregnancy being possibly hard on my bones.  I read on some websites that nursing is harder on the calcium level in your bones than even pregnancy is.  I don't think much research is out there about the intersection of future osteoporosis risk and pregnancy, so maybe nobody has heard from their doc about this, but if you have, I'd love to hear what was said.

[AnnieBrooke]

I just went up to 1500 mg a day, and am looking into my vitamin D intake too, to be sure I'm getting the benefit of the calcium.  I had only been taking 500 mg when I thought of it, plus a couple of hundred in the prenatals I take (due to nursing).  Yes, a strong history -- two grandmas bent over by the time they were in their 70s.  :(  It's a good thing my main medical provider, who is a nurse practitioner, was keeping her eye on things like that, because my high-risk ob-gyn never once thought of it.

[peekawho]

My personal feeling is that if you have a strong family history of osteoporosis, you should be on calcium supplementation.   Breastfeeding, pregnancy, or not.  

[40smama]

Gosh, my mamacita suffers big time from that!  I hadn't even thought of that - good thing to ask your (or my) doc.