Starting 9th month of pregnancy and I know what Peat says about iron and how it really should not be supplemented and after 2 badly jaundiced babies (after taking tons of iron) I don't want another one.
However, I am truly anemic and my iron stores are going down. Fe-Iron is dropping - was 64, now 61, officially borderline and ferritin is past the red line at only 9. Hemoglobin is on the border at only 11, hemocratit is also way below the red line, and RBC is also below the line at 3.86.
I used to take T3 and T4, now I don't have a reliable source of T3 with the Grossman fiasco so I am back to T4 only but my FT3 and FT4 numbers are still fine, and TSH is decent at 3.7 although not where I would like it to be of course. I eat lots of protein, potatoes, fruits, OJ, etc. and lots of supplements as well - Nutrisorb A, iodine, Vit D/K, Vit E, folic acid, and zinc, plus progesterone, magnesium, etc etc. I am also trying to eat lots of meat and other sources of iron, and taking spirulina as well.
And I am exhausted all the time. My thighs burn just from standing, and I can't walk up hills or more than a block. Sure it's normal to be tired by now but the muscle exhaustion is not normal, this is 3rd prego, I have a clue by now. Frankly I am nervous about managing birth in this state.
Greatly appreciate thoughts and advice. TIA.
However, I am truly anemic and my iron stores are going down. Fe-Iron is dropping - was 64, now 61, officially borderline and ferritin is past the red line at only 9. Hemoglobin is on the border at only 11, hemocratit is also way below the red line, and RBC is also below the line at 3.86.
I used to take T3 and T4, now I don't have a reliable source of T3 with the Grossman fiasco so I am back to T4 only but my FT3 and FT4 numbers are still fine, and TSH is decent at 3.7 although not where I would like it to be of course. I eat lots of protein, potatoes, fruits, OJ, etc. and lots of supplements as well - Nutrisorb A, iodine, Vit D/K, Vit E, folic acid, and zinc, plus progesterone, magnesium, etc etc. I am also trying to eat lots of meat and other sources of iron, and taking spirulina as well.
And I am exhausted all the time. My thighs burn just from standing, and I can't walk up hills or more than a block. Sure it's normal to be tired by now but the muscle exhaustion is not normal, this is 3rd prego, I have a clue by now. Frankly I am nervous about managing birth in this state.
Greatly appreciate thoughts and advice. TIA.