sleepy, that is interesting about the iron, I am vegetarian so have been on top of the iron issue, a month before I got pregnant I was 'just' under the ok range so I was deficient so I up'd my iron tablet to daily and have had 2 test so far and I am not deficient anymore, my 2 test were done through different labs and one said teh minimum was 10 and the other 9... My last result was 12 so I'm ok now. I thought 30 or 33 was the upper range of normal levels not the minimum????? I'm at work so can't check my paperwork but a couple of weeks ago my result was 12 and that is def ok... 5 is very low though I take Fefol
Cas you poor thing maybe get your iron checked too?
cherished1 - Thats just what my Dr said...I probably should research it a bit tho...altho I know 5 is super low....I have to get some iron tablets today, and Dr said to double my dose of 2 tablets a day. After I had the jab yesterday I did however get the runs *TMI I know, but it hasn't stopped this morning either......i'm just wondering if my body is taking in the iron or getting rid of it......
Sleepy: ahhh it could be the iron. i am anaemic with my levels barely hitting 3 at the best of times. i am on a legion of supplements, but maybe because i am so low the artificial stuff just doesnt fully cut it IYKWIM....hmmmm food for thought!
cherished: i *think* there are a few different ways to measure the iron. so with my GP he said they like to see around 25 to 30...but i have heard of other levels around the 12-13 mark being normal. so must be a diagnostic thing??
Well I never considered it until my Dr pointed it out yesterday. I have had the worst day today, no energy, very bad head aches - about to take some panadene forte - and have been very cranky. And apparently all signs of iron deficientcy. I have never had a problem with low iron before, so this is all new to me...never had it with any of my other pregnancies.....I just hope bubs is ok and born without the deficientcy. Apparently babies born with low iron can't feed properly, are very sleepy and wake all the time for more feeds cos they can't stay awake long enough to get a full feed....so my Dr is trying to fix it now....the only problem is that is gives me the runs, and hurts alot! lol Not looking forward to another jab tomorrow....
hmmmmm I think we might all be onto something than girls even my 'on the low side' iron could be the cause of my headaches but I don't have the bad moods to go with it... Maybe that's cause I'm on cloud 9 still for being pregnant Does low iron effect you more when you're pregnant because I didn't have these headaches when I was actually 'deficient' and before pregnancy. FYI I take Fefol everyday and my iron went from 9-12 in about 3 months (again I don't have the paperwork in front of me) I will get my levels tested again around that 28 week mark when I see my OB, if I take the results in with me he will be able to tell me if my iron i high enough, if it keeps increasing like it has been I should be ok.
I hope this iron mystery helps both of you girls xo
Sleepy I thought iron can make you constipated not give you the runs, it does sound like your body may not be absorbing it? I'd go back to your dr straight away? Hope it all settles down for you... My headaches have stopped now, maybe my iron is slowly creeping up to an exceptable range.
Thanks so much for everyone for posting in this thread, it does seem like low iron is a valid reason for the headaches considering 3 of us all have/had low iron.
It's not the iron itself that makes you constipated, it's the supplements. Some forms make you less consti than others, like the chelate form in Fabfol, as an example. Many iron-rich foods will give you the runs, like dried fruit.
cherished1 - Apparently iron tablets make you constipated, but jabs are differnet. Iron tablets aren't absorbed as quickly or as much as iron jabs. The jab goes straight into your blood stream, while tablets go into your stomach and get digested and so forth....but yeah the runs is normal, I asked my Dr....
Hope you are feeling better. I have now had 3 jabs, and have a bit more energy, but not as much as i would like to get everything organised! I feel like the baby will come and he won't have anything to wear, or blankets, only nappies....lol
I take Fefol
maybe get your iron checked too?
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hmmmmm I think we might all be onto something than girls 
even my 'on the low side' iron could be the cause of my headaches but I don't have the bad moods to go with it... Maybe that's cause I'm on cloud 9 still for being pregnant 
Does low iron effect you more when you're pregnant because I didn't have these headaches when I was actually 'deficient' and before pregnancy. FYI I take Fefol everyday and my iron went from 9-12 in about 3 months (again I don't have the paperwork in front of me) I will get my levels tested again around that 28 week mark when I see my OB, if I take the results in with me he will be able to tell me if my iron i high enough, if it keeps increasing like it has been I should be ok.
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