Tip from my midwife re vitamins

[aelias]

Just something interesting I wanted to share.  

So I take a prenatal + DHA and a Calcium +D3 supplement.  I'd been taking them both together at bedtime.  She recommended that I take one in the morning and one at night, because the calcium can inhibit the absorption of the iron from the prenatal.  As someone who ran slightly anemic last pregnancy, and ended up taking iron supplements which were horrible, I am willing to try anything to keep my iron up.

[telos]

On the flip side, I was told by my CNM with DS that ascorbic acid/Vitamin C helps a lot with iron absorption, so I try to take my prenatal with a glass of OJ. I run anemic, too - definitely no fun.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2507689

[aelias]

Yes, she also mentioned that Vitamin C is helpful. More clementines for me!!!

[htuzzi324]

Oh, those pp iron pills....
Aka take them with a colace chaser.

[RedAero]

Ladies, if you're anemic enough to need an iron supplement, fuck all the pills, I HIGHLY recommend the liquid iron Wellesse stuff from Amazon. It's cheap, doesn't make me want to puke, and (BEST PART) it's not constipating. (Seriously. I take this stuff and I can actually still shit. It's a miracle.) The taste is kind of metallic and weird, but chase it with some cranberry juice and you're all set.

[RandomName]

Jan 20, 2015 20:09:10 GMT -5 RedAero said:

Ladies, if you're anemic enough to need an iron supplement, fuck all the pills, I HIGHLY recommend the liquid iron Wellesse stuff from Amazon. It's cheap, doesn't make me want to puke, and (BEST PART) it's not constipating. (Seriously. I take this stuff and I can actually still shit. It's a miracle.) The taste is kind of metallic and weird, but chase it with some cranberry juice and you're all set.

Liquid iron sounds badass.

[quietdownfish]

Jan 20, 2015 20:09:10 GMT -5 RedAero said:

Ladies, if you're anemic enough to need an iron supplement, fuck all the pills, I HIGHLY recommend the liquid iron Wellesse stuff from Amazon. It's cheap, doesn't make me want to puke, and (BEST PART) it's not constipating. (Seriously. I take this stuff and I can actually still shit. It's a miracle.) The taste is kind of metallic and weird, but chase it with some cranberry juice and you're all set.

I had anemia last pregnancy. Thank you!!!!! I will be using this is I have it again this pregnancy.

[RedAero]

Jan 20, 2015 20:11:56 GMT -5 RandomName said:

Jan 20, 2015 20:09:10 GMT -5 RedAero said:

Ladies, if you're anemic enough to need an iron supplement, fuck all the pills, I HIGHLY recommend the liquid iron Wellesse stuff from Amazon. It's cheap, doesn't make me want to puke, and (BEST PART) it's not constipating. (Seriously. I take this stuff and I can actually still shit. It's a miracle.) The taste is kind of metallic and weird, but chase it with some cranberry juice and you're all set.

Liquid iron sounds badass.

It is the bomb diggity, my friend.

I've heard of Floradix, too (another liquid one), but the price tag kinda scared me away from that one.

[aelias]

Jan 20, 2015 20:09:10 GMT -5 RedAero said:

Ladies, if you're anemic enough to need an iron supplement, fuck all the pills, I HIGHLY recommend the liquid iron Wellesse stuff from Amazon. It's cheap, doesn't make me want to puke, and (BEST PART) it's not constipating. (Seriously. I take this stuff and I can actually still shit. It's a miracle.) The taste is kind of metallic and weird, but chase it with some cranberry juice and you're all set.

And . . . Bookmarked!  Thanks for the tip.  Those iron pills last time were the goddamn worst!