I have just started TTC and some recent bloodwork last week showed that I have low iron reserves. Note -not low haemoglobin so I am not anaemic, but low ferritin levels - so basically my blood making capacities are not great.
Apparently for TTC it should be 10 or over, to sustain uterine lining amongst other stuff. Mine is barely 7. So when gp told me this I said should I maybe have some supplements? She said no the lower limit of normal is 9 so since you are 7, just each some spinach.
Long story short - I have bought myself some spatone as I need easily absorbed iron and am having 2/3 sachets a day with my grapefruit or orange juice. But AIBU to think that the GP should really have given me some supplementation for that level or was she correct that eating spinach regularly would do it? I somehow didn't feel convinced.
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To think that yes, a deficiency of this kind does need some supplements?
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Focusfocus · 31/01/2015 16:24
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