Is it possible to get too much calcium during pregnancy?

Question

I'm drinking about 3 glasses of milk a day, but I also take calcium supplements. Can there be too much?

Answer 1

The short answer, yes, it is possible to get too much calcium.

You should be getting between 1200 to 1500 mg of calcium per day. Each glass of milk (8 oz) you drink has about 300 mg of calcium. I would read the label on your milk to be sure. But I know when I drink milk it's usually out of a 16 oz glass, so 300 x 2 = 600 mg x 3 glasses/day = 1,800 mg. Based on this you don't need to take the extra calcium suppliment and can even cut out one of your glasses of milk. You probably get calcium in cheese and other items you eat throughout the day that more than equals the remaining 300 mg to cap out at 1500 mg per day.

Actually, the amount of calcium you need during pregnancy is the same amount you would normally need. However, while you are pregnant it is more important to get your recommended amount.

Too much calcium can cause (I'm not 100% sure, not all websites agree, but I think at about 2500 mg of calcium a day can start to possibly cause these problems):

A condition of too much calcium in the blood called hypercalcemia or a condition of too much calcium in the urine called hypercalciuria (in these cases calcium supplements can make these conditions worse).

Hyperparthyroidism or sarcoidosis (calcium supplements can increase the risk of hypercalcemia.

Hypoparthyroidism (calcium phosphate can increase the level of phosphorus in your blood and possibly increase the risk of side effects).

Hypercalcemia or kidney disease or stones (the risk of kidney stones increases with the use of calcium supplements).

Answer 2

How Much Calcium During Pregnancy

Answer 3

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Is it possible to get too much calcium during pregnancy?
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It's best just to rely on the multivitamin/prenatal supplement. I would recommend that you use your diet to supplement with any other calcium you think you need. The thing about vitamins is that they all rely on the presence of others in order to absorb properly...So just taking Calcium won't help if you don't have enough Vitamin D in your system...That's why multivitamins are best. They put the combinations together so that you get the most beneficial absorption possible.

Answer 5

Drinking too much milk does not cause your baby to be born with teeth(trust me my third daughter was born with her two bottom teeth and I hardly drank milk at all with her) I don't think you are over doing it on the calcium either. Everybody is supposed to drink 3 glasses of milk a day for the calcium and if you are pregnant you are supposed to increase it slightly.

Answer 6

Sometimes if you have a real high calcium intake(this happened to me) you can get calcium deposits on your bones. they didn't hurt or anything they just looked and felt weird but they eventually went away but it is more important for woman to get a good dose of calcium every day!

Answer 7

The Upper Tolerable Limit for calcium, or the limit you should not exceed, is 2,500 mg daily.

Answer 8

Yes, it is possible to get too much of any kind of vitamin, you really need to watch your intake, because you can end up poisoning yourself, which usually causes nasty rashes, headaches and thing of that sort.

Answer 9

This article says that your body can't absorb more then 1,000 mg.

Here is the article. http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/pregnancy/pregnancynutrition/665.html

Answer 10

that is a wonderful question for your doctor he's the expert