Vit D? How much for RNY'rs?

I thought I saw this info on Andrea's blog, but can't find it now. How much Vitamin D total are we supposed to take? I had to order bariatric vitamins and calcium citrate today....needed to buy an extra few $$ to get the free shipping so I threw in the BA dry D which is 5,000mg. Umm, is that too much per day? There is also some D in the calcium and dailys I take.
The D3 supplement I take now is only 1000mg. I don't want to do anything toxic.
Thanks!

I take the Bariatric Advantage vits...and I actually take 2 vit D a day with the other vits.  My Ds were slowly going down - to where it was barely within the 'normal' range.  I'll get them tested again in a month or so and know if it's going back up now.  I think (Andrea would be able to confirm it, most likely) that I've recently read that drs in the U.S. are now saying that even 'normal' people should be getting way more D than they do - like 1-2K I think? - so depending on how well your body absorbs it, even w/the 5K plus whatever's in the other vits, you should be fine.

I'm gonna go reading around to check and see...but did you test again?!

Yes, I am tecnically 3.5 weeks pregnant, my HCG level yesterday was 107 and I am having it done again tomorrow.

Congrats!  I'm happy for you.  Hope you enjoy your pregnancy.

Heya! Have you had your dr check your vit d levels when you do your blood work? My OB checked mine while I was pregnant and put me on a super dose of it to get my levels back in gear, even though I'd been really good about taking a good vitamin. They took me off the D supplement (I was only taking it once a week anyways) because they said they didn't want it getting too high and getting toxic! Just a thought since you're prego!

How much you need depends on what your levels are currently at. I was at 30's taking 1000iu daily. bumped it to 3000iu and it only moved to 40. I bumped myself to 10,000iu daily and finally after 6 months, got it up to 70. Now i'm just taking 5000iu daily, hopefully to maintain.

I was taking 50,000 IU of Vitamin D up until 3 weeks ago....and my levels were low-level normal afterward.  So now my OB has me taking 5,000 IU of Vitamin D-3 daily.