Added in a Iron Supplement, 18 mg and I think its making me feel ill?

Re: Added in a Iron Supplement, 18 mg and I think its making me feel ill?

• AEG84 member

  November 2015

  Yep. I barf every time I try to take my prenatal that has iron in it.
  

  

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• Brandi81012 member

  November 2015

  Definitely. I barfed with the prenatal I had with iron. Found one without it and did perfectly fine.

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• kguitarchic18 member

  November 2015

  I even tried taking it at night, but man think ill just up my spinach intake lol
  

  
  

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• linaboop member

  November 2015

  I had to take iron supplements with my first and second child, and I am sure I will with this one again. They made me feel sick and were really rough in my intestines. Ugh. I upped my spinach, red meats, and malt-o-meal. Anything I could find with iron. It all worked out in the end.

  

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• thaisac1 member

  November 2015

  kguitarchic18 said:

  So i have been taking the prenatal gummy vitamins, and my doc said they are fine to take, but I can add in an iron supplement if it doesnt make me too sick. I found a low dose 18 mg one online, vs the 65 mg in the store, but I just feel kinda ill today. Does anyone else still feel ill with taking iron at 19 weeks?
  

  
  If I take it on an empty stomach I get nauseous, but that's it. You shouldn't feel ill as in getting a cold type of ill. It can upset your stomach and cause constipation, but that's it.
  

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• vvbaby2015 member

  November 2015 edited November 2015

  My 8 week labs showed low iron levels, not anemic but enough my ob advised that I need to add a supplement to my prenatal and focus on iron rich foods. I use Floridix as my supplement and it is very tolerable. They make drops but I take two 10 mg tablets. I really feel a difference taking them. I never feel sick from them and with my prenatal i am taking 65 mg total. I order them from pureformulas.com but i think you can find them at any health store. My 20 week apt is tomorrow so hopefully my new labs will be better.

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