so, I WAS on Iron pills....then I was very bad and stopped taking them 2+ weeks ago...hated them. Well, this last week I have been super weak, very dizzy, tired, cold, and my muscles ached all over...... called my dr. and went in for a blood test and she called saying I was "severely anemic" and now I get to take 4 Iron pills a day.
Oh Joy!
She also said "why did you stop taking your pills?" hmmmmm.....no good reason...besides I hate them and the side effects....now I get to take double.
So just so you know, nurses don't always follow dr's orders....we should....but don't.
So, hopefully I will be a new woman in a week or so.....
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Im pretty amemic, but not as bad as you. I am on one iron pill a day with my prenatals. Iron pills suck! Makes me so nauseated! I have to take zofran as a iron chaser, then I am totally pooped out after!! ergh!
uh, if you are taking Iron..then you are NOT "pooped out!" heehee. TMI but the poop stays in!!! :)
You dork!!! Glad you figured it out though! Play date at your house....name a day! (in our pajamas of course....)
Oh anyday when we can stay in our pjs! Or u can come over and we can take turns napping and watching each others' kids. We could do that everyday!
total TMI on the pooped out Michelle, YUCK! haahha
Seriously, add the heme iron in foods too. Just load up on the meat and egg yolks. Non-heme like spinach, beans, cream of wheat and whole grains are good too though not absorbed quite as well as the heme. The pills are yucky but with the boost of good iron-rich foods, you can fix this!! Good luck.
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