B12 deficiency 11+3 weeks pregnant

[Johnston2011]

Has anyone else experienced thisnapparently ive had this since 2012 yet wasnt picked up when pregnant in 2013/2014 this is my 2nd pregnancy and been told my body is struggling to absorb b12 so i need the injections i am worrying about baby will this aggext baby

I was diagnosed with vit B deficiency when i was 16 and i have had injections every 3 months since then . In 2015 i had my first child and continued with the injections and now im pregnant again I have just had my over due jab i double checked with the MW and nurse and they said they are absolutely fine.
The make a huge difference to my every day life and also i've never suffered with morning sickness because i have them so its not such a bad thing xx

I am Vitb12 deficient and have injections every 8 weeks.

It’s a water soluble vitamin so any excess is essentially peed out and it’s neigh in impossible to have too much.

This is reassuring i am due my scan next week and worried about baby i just want to know all is okay ive had no morning sickness at all this pregnancy xx

I have b12 deficiency and it's essential that you carry on with your jabs otherwise you run the risk of not only you being deficient but the baby too. I think I read somewhere that jabs should potentially be more frequent in pregnancy but I'm not sure.
It's also vital that you don't use gas&air- some midwives know this but I don't know if it's widely known or not. Entonox uses up all the b12 in your body so if you are already deficient and can't absorb it back again through food this could leave you severely deficient which can cause long-term neurological problems.

@brillypribble Omg I had no idea at all !!!!!! My last pregnancy was a planned csection so gas and air was never an option but this time around i was planning on trying for a natural birth and i was definitely going to be using G&A ! thank god for you putting this on the thread cause i have a feeling my midwifes would be none the wiser to it all

Glad to help! There's some info on it here - www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/nitrous-oxide-neurological-and-haematological-toxic-effects

I had gas&air in my first pregnancy but wasn't diagnosed until years later so I don't know whether I was actually deficient at that time.

@BrillyPribble thank you for that I wouldn't have know either! I'll ask my midwife/gp about it and if I need them more regularly (currently every 3 months)

Tnankyou for these replies its helping that i aint the only one going through this i had gas and air and every pain relief going in past pregnancy this one is differen i am waiting on my gp surgery to start these injections as im almost 12 weeks now and only just found this out

Johnston if you haven't started injections yet you should have loading doses of 6 injections every other day first before going on to 3-monthly. Unfortunately a lot of people struggle with only 4 jabs a year and the pernicious anaemia society campaigns for it to be done more frequently. Lots of sufferers, myself included, end up giving up fighting for it and just buy and inject it themselves. There's a good and active support group on facebook called pernicious anaemia/b12 deficiency support group which is very helpful and informative.

Hi i am waiting on my surgery to start these injections thankyou for your reply means alot