Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Posted April 4, 2006 Kathy, You make my brain think in ways it never has before. It's a good thing! I'll call the office in the morning and find out particulars so I know how to best get the iron in. I'm for all-natural first and vits/supps next. I hesitate to take anything but don't want to jeopardize my health or the baby. Thanks, > > A small dose of ferrous gluconate is usually pretty well tolerated. > Or you can just try to increase the iron in your diet by eating more eggs, dried apricot, beef, things like that. > > If your iron becomes so low that it affects your hematocrit and oxygen saturation of your blood, that could also affect your baby. So you don't want to do that. But how did the glucose test show that you have low iron?? Which test was low? RBCs, hematocrit, serum ferritin, hemoglobin, or what? That might be important to know because sometimes doctors (or nurses) think that just because somebody is a little anemic, they have low iron when in fact it might be something else...low B12 or folate in particular. > > Peace, > Kathy E. Quote
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2006 Report Posted April 5, 2006 > > I just got a call from the nurse at my OB's office. I did the glucose > test last week which showed I have low iron. I am so hesitant to take > anything while pregnant for fear of harming the baby. Is there a safe > iron supplement I can take? The level is not extrememly low but > enough to show up on a test. Any help? I like this site for supplement info http://www.kroger.com/hn/Index/Supp.htm Scroll down to the iron page. Dana Quote
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