SPATONE - is it safe during pregnancy? does it work?

[dreamymum]

does it taste bad? anything i should know before ordering it online? i am extremelllly fatigued....

I used it when pg. Add it to orange juice- you can't taste it and it aids absorption. Eat lots of iron rich food as well and plenty of vitamin C.

did it help?
i thought iron and vitamin c sort of cancel eachother out if taken together?

vitamin C helps the absorption of iron! Milk hinders the absorption of iron.

So iron is best taken with a glass of orange juice.

fabulous stuff slightly metallic taste but as said with oj tis pleasant
got my iron up very fast in pregnancy

It's fine during pregnancy. It tastes fine, as long as you mix it with fruit juice - otherwise it's horrible.

SOH is right - Vitamin C helps with the absorption of iron so taking it with orange juice is ideal.

It helped enormously and the super healthy diet helped me sustain my iron levels. I was still anaemic while pg but with more acceptable iron levels. I used it again after an em c/s and it does make a difference.

Vitamin C aids iron absorption afaik. Just googled, and it does!

And obviously these super intelligent women concur.

yes it helps yes it is safe it is much nicer to take than iron tablets as it doesn't cause constipation
and yes take it with fruit juice

Got me from a iron level of 3 to near normal in two weeks - two sachets in orange juice every morning then don't have anything else for half an hour. Tastes nasty though - like licking an old pipe IMHO.

spatone is maintenance only - it will sustain an iron level but would be required in ridiculous doses to raise it

am anaemic now after taking 3 sachets a day through pg

advised to take alternatives

Well it worked for me Butterfly - when iron tablets didn't. I guess it depends entirely on your ability to absorb iron though and what else you are eating.

maybe as i a vegetarian but my mw said she had done a survey

the dose is tiny though if you look on the box - compared to sytron the revolting stuff i drink now

spatone very palatable in orange

thanks!
sounds great i ordered it. i can't handle feeling like a dishrag anymore and all the irony foods have not made a difference.
great to know its milk and not vitamin c that affect iron absorption i will certainly stop drinking coffee every day!!!

Didn't manage to raise my HB at all using it - but once I'd got it back to an acceptable level (6.8 up to 10.8) I used it for maintenance.

Ferrous sulphate (the iron tablets they usually prescribe) is nasty stuff I always insist on ferrous fumerate which is much more expensive (hence the reluctance to prescribe) but far, far better.

yes minster i think that may be what is in sytron