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PSA: Iron Poop

littleboyermooselittleboyermoose member
in December 2014 Moms
So maybe I'm slow on the uptake but I have noticed that my "Movements" have been close to
black lately. It was making me nervous until I realized that I had started taking iron mid-day. (I take my prenatal at night.)

So black poop is normal if you're on iron.

That is all.
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  • RayRay007RayRay007 member
    Yep it sure is.

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  • hellopartyof5hellopartyof5 member
    Yup! And apparently if you have an iron deficiency, your poop floats. Iron is pretty crazy...
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  • ebilbaoebilbao member
    Too many beets=pink pee. And then you think you are hemorhagging.
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  • Shortstack06Shortstack06 member
    I really want to know how you people get the solid poop from iron. Ever since I started taking the supplements I have had the shits and worst gas ever. (Sorry for the TMI)
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  • agsgrrlagsgrrl member
    alissendis said:

    @Shortstack06 - I'll continue the TMI! Iron pills have never affected the consistency of mine in any way. :| Neither has pregnancy. At this point, day six into an awful IBS flare up, I would give ANYTHING to experience some of the pregnancy/iron-induced constipation that everyone complains about.


    But no. No. I get woken up at 3 every day thinking "if I ever plan to use this Snoogle or sleep in this bed again I need to get to the washroom right now" no matter what I eat. Welcome to the life of an IBS sufferer, where life is wacky and unpredictable. My body manages to make my work life decent by waiting until after my students are gone for the day before falling apart, at least.

    It's a vicious cycle, too. I drink more water to stay hydrated because of this, but the doctor told me that while I definitely need to be drinking all this water, it's probably what's making the flare up so bad. Too much water.
    I hear ya, I'm usually on the diarrhea side 24/7 but pregnancy makes me go back and forth between can't and can't stop. At 4am is my magic time.
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  • hthomas17hthomas17 member
    Ugh just experienced this myself. Started taking iron last week & just had a terrifying experience. Thought I was having contractions or false labor. Nope just catching up on 5 days of constipation.

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