Iron levels

I'm taking a iron suppliment put out by the health house called "7-day iron" I've had no constipation problems at all and my iron levels have been good all though out my pregnancy, but then again I eat a fairly well balanced diet that includes lots of fruit and vegetables and red meat 3 times a week.

kezza my iron brilliant unless preg too..i take ferrograd c

I did get constipated with Ferrogradumet so I took Kiwi Crush as well. Was fine after that.....

I found that if I ate a kiwifruit when I took my ferrogradumet it helped heaps - no constipation and the vit C helps iron absorbtion.

I hate ferrogradumet - I've always had low iron and that is generally what I'm always been prescribed but it definately clogs you up.

 

My MW prescribed me some Thompsons Iron and Vit C which I take 5 tablets of throughout the day (so at the moment I am doing 2 in the morning, 1 at lunch and 2 at night) and I haven't had any problems at all.

wow h2b what were your iron levels?
mine are really low (was only 5 last check not even 2 weeks ago!) and am on some tabs but only just been told to take 1 a day then every 2nd day take 2!

Spatone is good if you don't already have low iron, if your iron is low then you need proper iron pills.

I know this because I ended up is hospital at 36 weeks having an iron infusion That was nasty!
Anyways the hospital Dr asked me what i was taking and I said Spatone, and she told me that Spatone doesn't have enough Iron in it if you already have low iron but its great for keeping your iron levels at a good level if they are already good.

Iron meds suck and they can cause constipation, but you dont want to end up with an iron infusion trust me, yuck!

ETA- My iron levels were at 80 when I was admitted to hospital.



Edited by Sheza

There are two types of iron levels too...haemoglobin and ferritin levels. From memory, it's ferritin that should be 20 or over and haemoglobin should be 120 or over.