Hello! I'm anaemic pre pg, during pg and post pg, if you ask the doctor I shouldn't be existing apparently! Anyhow, during pregnancy as well as a pg multi vitimim I take 1 iron tablet minimum that the dr gives me, depending on each blood test I have which can be every six weeks depends if they up it to two or three, I'm hoping this time to get away with just the one for the whole time.
With ds1 I wasn't told my iron was low (teetering at 9/10) until 32 weeks, by which time if you ask me it was too late as I haemorrhaged very badly with him and lost an awful amount of blood. The just of it is that you loose a lot more. Could have been first baby etc however I'm a firm believer it was lack of iron I had two packs of blood as a transfusion (fantastic stuff that is fresh blood, very energetic after that lol) anyhow came home on iron tablets and stopped on them for three months. They did manage to recover to somewhere near normal. Ds2 I was on honey from 12 weeks as a precaution as my irons again were at 9 (seems my default setting!) had three a day doctors here wanted to boost me, he was five years after ds1 so body had fully recovered. Also took sprat one as well.
I had and/c last year which to be honest I think was a bit of a mess up as my hormones went awry completely and likewise my iron level went down to 2, I thought my breathlessness was lack of weight and paleness was due to winter how nieve lol. Three tablets and monthly blood tests later, they were finally satisfied some 5 months later I was nearly normal.
I'm currently 10 weeks and taking one tablet plus pregnacare, my bloods a tomorrow, but am already thinking about upping it to be honest as I know my body seems to loose its iron reserves so quickly.
What are your current levels, my doctors say 9 is slightly under 10 is ok, anything under 7 really worry about it.