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02-20-2013 at 4:17 PM
dcandme
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Anemic BOOOO!

Had my 1 hr glucose test yesterday and already got my results from OB, glucose levels are good! (yay me! No GD or 3 hr test) BUT I am anemic :( Bring on the Iron supplements, like I wasnt taking enough vitamens already and lets make my constipation come back after I finally got it to be more tolerable! BOOO! Ok  rant over :)
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02-20-2013 at 5:18 PM
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I have been taking iron the whole time and still am anemic.  I doubled my iron dose and will find out next week if my iron looks better.  It certainly doesn't help with the normal pregnancy exhaustion and dizziness.
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02-20-2013 at 5:25 PM
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Was anemic for my first two, don't know about this one yet.  Try slow fe.
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02-20-2013 at 7:22 PM
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I'm in the same boat. I was severely anemic with my first, and so far only mildly this time. Eating lots of spinach and forcing myself to eat red meat.
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02-20-2013 at 8:06 PM
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Do you have a cast iron skillet? Also, add a vitamin c rich element to your meals, like tomatoes which will help with absorption.
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02-20-2013 at 8:44 PM
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Slow release iron pill taken with a glass of OJ. Do not take your iron pill at the same time as your prenatal vitamins.
...that's what the OBs office told me.
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02-20-2013 at 9:29 PM
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Why did they say that? This was not told to me, I take all my vitamens at night, but have to take iron in AM and PM per OB...so I really dont have a choice.
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02-21-2013 at 8:06 AM
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Sascha3:
I have been taking iron the whole time and still am anemic.  I doubled my iron dose and will find out next week if my iron looks better.  It certainly doesn't help with the normal pregnancy exhaustion and dizziness.

This is me. I have anemic for most of my teen/adult life. My body just does not like iron. I actually had to get prescription chelated iron to help with absorption.
 
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02-21-2013 at 9:04 AM
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Try a liquid if you can stomach it. I was terribly constipated until I switched. I'm Canadian and the brand I take is Salus Floravit.
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02-21-2013 at 9:45 AM
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I have the same issue. Dr said I was slightly anemic. They suggested I take ferro sequels with a glass of orange juice at a different time than the prenatal. This pill has a softener in it so you don't have to take a seperate pill for constipation. 
 
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02-21-2013 at 11:43 AM
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Time to load up on stool softeners and benefiber. I was worried i might be anemic so i was taking iron in addition to my prenatal with Docs permission. Test results came back that i wasnt which is good cuz the iron i was taking... I didnt poo for a week and whn i finally did it was a real pain in the butt heh
 
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