Am I the only one?

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I'm 2weeks pp and after delivery I guess I lost a lot of blood. Just a little more than average. My OB told me I'm anemic and she put me on iron supplements. But I can't take them because they made me really sick. It's so frustrating. I can't even walk to the bathroom without feeling like I ran up a mountain. I feel weak 24/7. I've been trying to eat iron rich foods but I have like zero appetite. I just feel like crap all the time and it sucks. Anyone else ever go through this? What helped you? I honestly felt better at 38w pregnant!

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I have issues with iron supplements too. I needed to be on them during pregnancy, and since my Dr knew they made me sick he told me to go to the drug store and get OTC Slow FE iron pills. I was able to take those without them making me sick!

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I had exactly the same thing happen to me!!! Get Fe slow release iron it releases into your body through out the day to keep you from getting sick but will still get you all the iron you need :)

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Try a better iron supplement. The ones from the doctor are often the sulphate form which makes people nauseus and constipated. Spatone is great - very well absorbed, take two sachets a day. Or find an amino acid chelate form - much less irritating

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I'm taking palafer for iron and have had no side effects

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I also lost a lot of blood and I'm taking iron 2x day and also taking stool softner at the same time to balance it out since iron makes us constipated 😁The second day back home everyone was commenting how pale I was and I felt miserable. Baby is 20 days now and I feel much better. I'm also taking pre natal vitamins and vitamin d.  It will get better don't worry to much. Rest as much as you can and stay hydrated as well😄

Am I the only one?

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