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Low Vitamin D levels during pregnancy are connected to higher risks of serious complications and health risk for the mother and subsequently for the child. The fetus depends completely on the mother to provide him with Vitamin D, while Vitamin D deficiency is connected to bad fetal development, low birth weight, rickets and baby eczema. The mother on the other hand is more likely to present gestational diabetes, bone disorder, preeclampsia, osteoporosis, hypocalcemia and hypertension. High prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency around the world as well as in Greece makes it necessary to acknowledge and investigate the problem aiming to preventative guidelines which will include correction of vitamin D levels as standard of care in pregnancy