Iron pills make me sick anything else I can do?

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I’m in my third trimester and I’m anemic wiTh a level 7 so it’s very low during pregnancy and I can’t take these iron pills anymore. I poop like 4 times a day and I get these stomach aches that last the whole day on and off they’re very painful sometimes I can’t even eat 😢 I’m scared my low iron might affect the baby. Is there anything else I can do to raise my iron levels? Anyone else had a level 7 and baby turned out fine?

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I have infusions as I don’t absorb the tablets. See if your Dr will
Organise this for you

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I’m at a 5 and doing iron transfusions.

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I’m surprised your doc isn’t doing infusions. My iron got down to 8.8 and my OB immediately put me on weekly infusions. Mind you, I didn’t tolerate the iron pills due to Hyperemesis and my body just refused to absorb it from my diet.
Do you have your iron tested weekly or at least biweekly?

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I had very low iron in my first pregnancy and had to have a blood transfusion after birth although I felt fine?  Normal birth. No issues! But low iron, couldn’t have a water birth sadly. 
Second pregnancy I found something called spatone which do a natural iron water which is flavoured, best thing ever and I just took it with juice because I don’t like the iron taste and wanted to flush it down as soon as but it wasn’t bad at all. The iron supplements supplied were making me feel sick! These were brilliant and I highly recommend spatone! My iron levels were fine in my second pregnancy because of them :)

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Try a slow fe iron supplement

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have you talked to your ob? my prenatal has no iron. i’m also borderline anemic.

Iron pills make me sick anything else I can do?

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