Anemic?

jkelly41

I've always had a very mild case of anemia, but around 27w, my OB put me on iron supplements.   Recently, I've been feeling exhausted, no matter how much sleep I get and I know anemia can add to fatigue.  I see the OB on Monday, but is there anything I can do to before I talk with him to feel better?  I slept for about nine hours last night, but I feel like I didn't sleep at all!  TIA.

NoVaIrish

Make sure that you are eating well with lots of iron-rich foods.  Vitamin C helps with iron absorption so I drank lots of OJ.

Also, I started to get more tired around 30ish weeks.  I wasn't sleeping as well and I found that it was getting harder to do normal things because I was getting bigger so that may have a role in it too.  I would still check with your doctor though because he may have some other suggestions for you. 

jnealet

My doc has my labs drawn again around 28 weeks (I just had mine done again on Monday.)  And one of the tests is for anemia.   Maybe your doc can draw them again and see if you are more anemic then previously thought?

MrsRoehl_2008

BabyCenter has a pretty good article on anemia during pg, but I found this particularly interesting and maybe helpful to you: "To make sure you absorb as much of the iron as possible, take your iron pills on an empty stomach. Wash them down with water or orange juice (the vitamin C helps with absorption) but not with milk (calcium hinders absorption)."