How long till iron tablets kick in?

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Hi,

36 weeks and been prescribed iron tablets for slightly low iron levels (9 i think). How long till they take effect?

Feel lots better today, but not sure if thats a coincidence or as i've had 4 days worth. Hoping it the tablets as i have been feeling shocking recently and feel almost human today!

I think it depends how low you were to begin with. As you're only slightly below normal it's possible you are getting good effects already.

i do hope so. wanna feel normal, well as normal as it gets when pregnant, again tomorrow. fingers crossed!

Sorry to say, but have heard they take a few weeks to kick in.

The good news is that you've started taking them now, which will help to counteract the blood loss and dip in iron levels once you've had the baby.

BTW, I would recommend getting in some moist toilet tissue, Preparation H and some dried fruit/prune juice/Senokot to make the next few weeks a bit more pleasant...iron tablets + pregnancy + child birth = piles!!

lovely thanks for that , have most of that in the cupboard as already been blessed with the blooming things but will stock up!

The dizziness stopped in a few hours, and the black diarrhoea kicked in the following day. I'll be sticking to Spatone from now on!

ewwww bedhog, there is something to look forward to........hmmm what would i rather piles or black diarrhoea, the lovely choices we have in pregnancy!

I second the Spatone...gentler on the tummy than iron tablets. I took Spatone whilst still pregnant with DC2 and seemed to dodge the anaemia bullet this time. Bearing in mind that in normal non-pregnant life I tend to be anaemic anyway, and lost a lot of blood during DC2's birth (sorry TMI!).