I'm a massive googler and despite ignoring health problems generally, i don't think i can make a good call on this as I've basically diagnosed myself.
When i was 6 weeks pregnant my blood results came back and Hb was 8. As it was so early in pregnancy and i eat a lot of meat further tests were done to find the cause, while i was taking iron supplements. I don't know what tests were done except for celiac but none found a cause for anaemia. I was also found to be b12 deficient and had injections throughout pregnancy. I had been tired since dc1 was born 4 years earlier and never questioned that it was more excessive than what we all feel.
Anywho, both iron supplements and b12 injections, which i was told i would always need, fell by the way side about 8 months ago. About 2 months ago i started feeling like I'm not coping with how tired I feel. It's caused by my dcs night wakings but i just don't feel like I'm managing it like i could before?
So i went Dr to see if it was iron related and i convinced myself it was, and also that i probably had an underactive thyroid. Results are back and Hb is 12, ferritin is low but didn't say what, and b12 is fine. So just when i tried to pay attention to my body it turns out I'm actually fine. I was hoping that something could make me feel better that didn't involve more rest as that isn't possible to achieve anytime soon!
Would i be a hypochondriac to ask for thyroid test? Is it likely this was checked out during pregnancy as i was referred to haematology so they did make great efforts to find out why i was anaemic, although being pregnant meant that haematology didn't want to do anything about it.