Liquid iron works alot better & quicker than tablets and usually without the sife effects. Kiwi fruit is very high in vit c. The ones we have used are Floradix and the Booth brand.
Hope the FBC staff help, they are really good and the DR is also able to help with some ideas
perhaps I should not have said a lot of people. I have also done a few iron infusions and seen a couple of reactions to it. (mild thankfully). I don't think I would want to be present for a push
OJ is not your only source of Vit C. Potatoes are a really good source too (chuck a boiled spud on your brekkie! ) But also try capsicum, raspberries, blueberries, broccoli and watermelon; they're pretty gentle on the old reflux, too, and will help you boost your levels.
I second dusty on the psyllium husk to relieve constipation - I have a lot of it, and find it's also really good for heartburn.
sorry to hear your having trouble! i had low iron last time and was told i was anemic. i had iron tabs but they made me very consitpated, the liquid one i ended up taking didnt really help too much although i dont remember which it was. this time round my midwife advised me to try a high iron diet as my levels arent TOO low yet, see if i can manage it that way.
Lots of meat, chicken, fish, eggs, leafy greens etc etc and lots of high in vit c fruit etc. maybe combine that with a liquid iron and it might improve enough for you to stay at the birth centre!
MG - the doc who put in the line said there was a 1 in 1000 chance of reaction - lucky me!
Beckoes / Audax - curiously I've been craving meat (on the med-rare side of the bbq!) and green salads and watermelon. DH (who isn't a red-meat eater!) has agreed to eat meat every night - yay! Might also put tabouleh on the list of salads
I am a low iron gestator and can't take oral supplements due to severe reactions,
I also sport lovely iron stains from injections in my first pregnancy
I have never had an iron infusion although that is my plan next pregnancy as my last ditch effort with Floradix in this pregnancy got me so unbelievably constipated that it actually interfered with labour and if I hadn't laboured at home may have ended in emergency C-section...no more oral supplements for me
Anyway, as a vegetarian of 10 years, eating meat every other day was teh only way for me. Combine it with vitamin C tablets.. The Haem iron from red meat is easier to absorb than the iron from tablets. My kids will hopefully one day realised there aren't many people in the world I'd eat meat for but for them...anything!
If you're already craving it your body is one step ahead!
Good luck
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) But also try capsicum, raspberries, blueberries, broccoli and watermelon; they're pretty gentle on the old reflux, too, and will help you boost your levels.
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