About iron

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I just want to warn ALL the women here taking iron for their anemia to be sure

to keep it away from children. Iron is the biggest cause of accidental death by

ingestion for kids. Iron is deadly at high levels. There are other vitamins to

keep away from kids too but many women in their child bearing years need extra

iron and take it (meaning kids are in the house). The iron in these pills can be

lethal to a small child.

So keep your iron away from the kids like you would any poison.

Also note they just found in a recent study that pregnant woman who don't get

enough iron (anemia is common in pregnant women) have kids who are slower than

babies born to mothers who have no anemia. They found that giving iron to the

babies after they were born didn't help them. We have many women here planing

for babies. So watch for anemia while you're pregnant. Have healthy and happy

babies.

Ku