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Help! Urgently need to boost iron levels or will loose homebirth

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parsleymad · 28/05/2009 17:47

I'm 39 weeks pregnant and midwife just phoned to say that my iron is at Hb is at 9.2. She spoke to my consultant and they aren't willing to let me have a home birth with my iron at that level, which I understand because of risk of PPH. But I'm devastated. I had an awful experience with my first labour in the local hospital which is why I'm going for a homebirth this time and while I may be able to get my iron up in a week,this baby may not hang on til then. I'm going to get the midwife to take my bloods again on mon/tues so I need all your top tips for getting my iron up superfast. I'm already on spatone and have increased it to 2/day and they are putting me on double iron (yuk!).

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MustHaveaVeryShortMemory · 10/06/2009 21:38

lol Parsleymad and well done!!! You are an inspiration to me!! Thought I was doing well increasing red meat to twice a week. Fingers crossed the baby comes quickly now.

muddle78 · 10/06/2009 23:22

dried apricots and grapes a source of iron i believe :-)

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