Anybody iron-deficient in early pregnancy?

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Also posted this one to August 09 . . .

I had my blood work done this week (week 9) at first antenatal appointment. Just received a letter today saying I am anaemic with a haemoglobin level of 10.9g/dl (normal levels are 11.5 - 14.2). I am not suprised as we are on a vegetarian diet at home due to DH's diet. In any case, I am not a red meat eater.

They are asking me to take Pregaday tablets for iron but I already take PregnaCare Plus tablets which also have iron.

Has anybody been faced with a similar situation, being deficient in iron? Is Pregaday a typical supplement that some of you take? I am trying to figure out if it is same-same-but-different to Pregnacare. Thx!

Bumping for you.

if you are already taking pregnacare olus and your blood work came back saying you are low in iron then they seems to be not much in the pregnacare care tabs

are these over the counter tabs??

if so they wont have much in

low iron levels are common on pg and need to be sorted
my friend is 30 weeks pg and having to take 2 pregaday a day

her iron is 9 something

if it drops to 7 then it is hospital and blood transfusion she has been told

Take the pregaday, you will feel better

If you aren't happy with pregaday - you coudl try floradix - it's a natural iron supplement. My midwife recommended it and now I recommend it to everyone!

Pregnacare contains 17mg of iron whereas pregaday contains 100mg of iron so it does make quite a difference

Ok i have now found that Pregnacare includes 17mg of iron - a normal, non pregnant woman needs 15mg a day. Pregaday has 100mg! Not sure if this is for taking two tablets though - I was asked to take 1 tablet.