Anemia and gestational diabetes worries
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Gestational Diabetes isn’t so bad, just had to test your blood sugar 1-2 hours after you eat. Mainly diet based so stay low on carbs! Doctor might make you take a health class for it.
My iron is super low, ferretin came back 7 - it’s been decreasing all pregnancy but they said I have to do iron IV infusions now before giving birth. I have my first one on Friday, they said I should hopefully feel less terrible as well after the infusion because I’ve been dead tired for weeks. I also failed the 1 hour glucose test and it came back super high, I was very worried about the 3 hour one but it came back perfect, all numbers on the low side of normal!
I have very low iron levels through my pregnancy. I was put and iron supplements. My iron level normalized. However, after giving birth it went really low. I had lost a lot of blood. I had to get a blood transfusion. My advice is eat lots of lentils, liver and other food high in iron.
I had to get transfusions during my pregnancy as I was diagnosed with anemia with my first and take the iron pills ate lots of foods high in iron and stayed a bit more active like walks had baby girl and been 2 years I’m more or less still anemic but not so terrible pregnant with number 2 and so far not as anemic as the first
I was anemic with hypertension,try to watch what you eat and stick to foods high in iron. I also don’t didn’t orange juice with the iron pill because I believe it makes it not work.