Iron supplement

TobieRose

I've been feeling incredibly exhausted lately, and my OB recommended starting an iron supplement. But if she recommended a specific one, then it didn't stick in my pregnancy brain! When I was in the store this morning I found the choices kind of confusing, and the only help the pharmacist was able to offer was to tell me which one was the most constipating (hehe). 

Are any of you ladies taking an iron supplement that you can recommend in terms of dosage and source (ferrous sulfate is the one I remember, but there was another that began with a c)? Does the dosage change for multiple pregnancies? 

chickaboo1974

I took Slow FE

PinkinProvence

My MFM said anything was fine and any dosage was fine.  I went to a vitamin store and bought a gentle release one that was about mid-way between the highest dosage/lowest dosage the store carried.  Luckily, I haven't been constipated at all since taking it!

Ruthie04

I also took Slow FE.

smscartozzi

I am on ferrous sulfate, 90mg twice a day, as recommended by my OB. I also learned not to take with my PNV because if you take too much at once it is not all absorbed. Also, take with a glass of orange juice, helps absorption. Don't take with anything containing calcium, that blocks absorption. Either I was super anemic or I am just over being pregnant because I did not find that it has helped a ton with energy! I am still exhausted most days...but that may be because I chase a 2yo all day, not because of my anemia!