Hi There,

After i had my ds I was quite aneamic. I took a prescribed iron tablet and the constipation it gave me was horrendous! I took Spatone, you can get it from boots. It's sachets of naturally high in iron water, drink with orange juice which helps its absorbtion. It def worked for me and didn't bung me up at all! it's ofte on 3 for 2 ofder in boots and has about 30 sachets per box, so bout a months supply!

Hope this helps xxx

Hi you can have ferrous gluconate or floradix.. they wont bung you up, mine was only at 6 and at the moment it is 8 so i have 6 iron tablets a day..

Hi I have been told to take iron supplement as my iron levels are just above 10 I used Spatone before I became pregnant as I was low on iron and they worked a treat no constipation just taken in a glass of orange juice as this helps the body absorb the iron content better and you can barely even taste it is in there.

Hope this helps

32 weeks and starting to get a bit impatient now.

xxx

It might not give bung you up, when i take iron tablets (or any vitamins with iron in) i get the sh*ts, if they o bung you up you can take lactose to loosen mmm you up lol

You can get pregnancy supplements from chemist, which contain not only iron but other vital nutrients required during pregnancy. I got some from asda, I asked the pharmacist's advice of what to take and they gave me one a day supplements which I took until I had to have iron tablets from the GP, which cause me loads of side effects.

I got spatone samples when I went to the babyshow and I must say they are gentler on the tummy.  I added mine to orange juice and did not suffer with constipation or black poo.  You should be able to buy those, I'm sure.

thanks for all the lovely visions of my black poo.

it was my consultant who told me to take the supplements, i dont wan to wait til monday to get a script or even tues before it comes through if i could buy something today it would give me a head start.

has anyone ever heard of Spatone?

There are some liquid ones which don't have the constipation side-effect.  Perhaps you could talk to the pharmacist.

The last time I went into Boots to buy iron tabs, they wouldn't sell it to me without a 'script from my Doc so he prescribed me with Pregaday which leaves me constipated.

i have already posted in DID and i need some advise which ones to buy i am 35 wks and my iron level is 11 not bad i know but could be better.

i know iron can make me constipated and atm i feel stuffed enough iykwim, so any advise would be great