Yes I think that’s what they’ll give me..hopefully will do the trick.Weird thing is I don’t feel tired and am out exercising everyday and feeling great!
Yes it’s odd.When I had terrible morning sickness and wasn’t eating healthy my HB levels were normal.Now I’m eating fish,vegetable etc everyday they’ve dropped.
I’m vegetarian so they reckon that has something to do with it.The hospital will ring me tomorrow and see if I need tablets or a transfusion 😞
I had low HB and platelets throughout my pregnancy. I was absolutely shattered the whole time. I was prescribed Ferrous Fumurate iron tablets. I was supposed to take 3 a day but they didn’t agree with my stomach. Instead I drank 2 sachets of Spatone (iron water) mixed in a glass of orange juice and took 2 iron tablets. My HB went back up. Platelets still stayed low but bounced back after birth.
You can get Spatone from Tesco, Boots or Superdrug.
If you are a meat eater beef has a lot of iron. Follow a beef meal with a glass of orange juice as it helps the iron absorption. Sesame seeds and spinach are supposed to be high in iron too x
I’m vegetarian which probably doesn’t help but I eat lots of fish and vegetables to compensate.Il see what my blood work shows up.Hopefully a few iron tablets a day will do the job xx
my hb was 91 the day i was induced, it dropped to 69 after my c section (average blood loss in theatre) and i needed 2 blood transfusions and felt terrible. I was also on iron for 9 weeks post partum but it gave me vile side effects so switched to spatone on the unofficial advice of a midwife who said she would only take spatone not iron ferrous sulphate - it absorbs much better as a liquid. I would say, just make sure they keep an eye on your levels and i would personally take spatone now. Best of luck!!
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