hi everyone, i have just found out im pregnant, im taking pregnant care vitimins and minerals tablets, as ive heard people say how good they are,im just abit worried as a have a very well balanced diet, so have lots of veg, meat and cereal, which already has iron in it,and also one tablet a day which has 50% reccomended daily allowence of iron, is it dangerous to have this amount of iron in the diet when you are pregnant??
no very good actually, I am iron deficient fom birth, a metobolic anemia disorder, and i was always told that when you take a multivitamin you actually do not get such a wonderful benefit because their are othe rminerals that prevent the body from absorbing ALL or Majority of the iron in the suplement, I take an iron tablet with a folic acid tablet 3 times a day, and have to take cacium with a vit D tablet at alternating times to increase the absorbtion. it is hectic, but this amount of iron is fine, your baby wil be using your stores of iron while you not only replenish your stores but also your body uses iron from the food at the same time.
I am taking a prenatal vitamin that has 27 mg of iron in it. At around 28 weeks the doctor said I was anemic. So now I take the 27 mg that's in my prenatals plus an iron supplement of 45mg. Then I also get how much ever iron is in the food I eat. So I think you should be fine. You need more iron when you're pregnant anyways. But I would ask the doctor just to be suregood luck
If what you are taking now is having no obvious effects on you, and the doctor finds that your iron level is ok, then continue as you are. Just beware, there is such a thing as too much iron. During my pregnancy, I took an iron supplement (little red pill) once a day, and was advised to eat Total cereal. That was fine. After I had my baby though, my iron was really low again. My doc told me to continue on the iron pills, but twice a day instead of just once. I started having some pains inside, and after my mom talking to the nurse at her regular doc. office, she said it could be from too much iron. I stopped the pills, and the pains went away. Just to caution you, so you are aware. But like I said, if you are having no problems now with what you are doing, it should be just fine.
