Vitamin D

Make sure your pregnant daughter talks to her doctor about vitamin D. A recent study found that pregnant women who do not get enough vitamin D are more likely to have a cesarean section delivery. Your daughter can get more vitamin D in several ways: careful exposure to sunlight, "drinking vitamin D-fortified milk, taking vitamin D supplements and, for those at high risk (women with minimal sun exposure or dark-skinned women living at high latitudes) asking their docs for blood tests to make sure they're not deficient in the bone and muscle-building vitamin."