so my dr. just called me and said i'm decently anemic and prescribed me iron twice a day. anyone else have this?

I was with my first child, but the iron pills made me. :puke so i had to stop taking them.. he just told me to eat a iron rich diet, and gave me a list of foods to eat. which was way better then the pills.

yeah i got the iron pills and then i have the stool softeners too but we'll see

I was a little anemic and took iron pills. I took them with my prenatal vitamin and always felt fine.

yeah i got the iron pills and then i have the stool softeners too but we'll see
oh yeah the unpleasant side effect of more iron, harder poop. I almost always ask for non pill ways first, mainly because i don't like taking pills. i'm a baby when it comes to that.

I take an iron supplement and have pretty much had to do it since the birth of my last son.....15 years ago. Anytime that I stop taking them, my iron goes too low.

When I was hospitalized at the beginning of the year, I had to have iron packets in my IV line, because with me being sick it just went extremely low. I guess it's just going to be a lifelong thing for me:sigh

I was a little anemic and took iron pills. I took them with my prenatal vitamin and always felt fine.

she told me to not take them together because the iron blocks the absorption of the prenatal.

on the plus side my glucose results were fine or so i'm assuming b/c she didn't mention them to me

I was with my first child, but the iron pills made me. :puke so i had to stop taking them.. he just told me to eat a iron rich diet, and gave me a list of foods to eat. which was way better then the pills.

:yes The only way I could take them without throwing up was with a HUGE glass of milk!! Blah I stopped taking them though, not a big pill person!

yeah i got the iron pills and then i have the stool softeners too but we'll see

I had that too along with stool softeners cause iron constipates you bad!:giggle

I did with mine, take your pills. I was more ill not taking them, then when I did take them.

I had to take iron pills when I was pregnant with my son. 2 a day plus my prenatal. They made me sick to my stomach and I couldn't poop. I wish they would have told me about the stool softeners.

yeah i've been anemic off and on for a while. i never take iron pills though, i seem to come out of it just fine. good luck though, im sure you will be fine.

yup x2... i have thalassemia (mediterranean anemia). it's mild, but makes a few of my counts low (can't specifically remember which ones, i just know they freak out every time they do bloodwork on me if they forget it have it). also, when i was pregnant with meagan i had the iron deficiency anemia. i had to take iron pills on top of my prenatals.

like everyone said, they can make you constipated so try to get lots of fiber or take something to help.

I was really anemic with DD#1 and it has stuck with me since then. I am not real anemic and can control it with iron rich foods. The only thing it keeps me from doing is giving blood.

i take those and im fine...its weird b/c when i was preg. i wasnt anemic now way after i am anemic..so i have to take iron twice a day..

I was borderline anemic before I was pregnant but when I was having my daughter it got so bad that they said they might have to give me a blood transfusion when i give birth. Luckily everything was fine but Im still anemic. I tried to take the iron but they made me TMI.. constipated. and when youre pregnant youre having enough problems with stuff like that lol

I am very anemic. I had to take 6 iron pills a day. That still did not help so I now go and have iron put in through an IV every week. I hope that the pills work for you. I have to sit for 3 hours a week while they put iron in my. Good Luck with the pills. Also, don't take your iron pills with tea either. Something in the tea will not allow your body to absorb the iron.

I'm anemic anyhow but I got very anemic during my pregnancies. I was supposed to take iron pills but never did because they made me deathly ill :sick I just ate a ton of foods with iron such as lean meats, baked potatoes with the skins, beans of any type, I know a lot of cereals and oatmeals have iron as well. And when you eat those in conjunction with a food rich in vitamin c such as strawberries, you should be good to go. I just could not take those pills. They make me suuuper sick.

i'm gonna try the pills and then if i'm too sick on them then i'll just do diet modification. i'm also thinking that it is a temporary thing because my diet has been screwy with school and dh being home some nights, not others, etc etc

I have been anemic since I was a kid, but when I got preggo with Nate it got really bad..I HAD to take the Iron. If I didn't then I felt horrible..but I ate ALOT of Iron rich foods and it really helped. I couldn't always remember to take my pills.