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They also gathered information from the participants about their pregnancy, delivery, and baby 72 hours after delivery.
Notably, three-quarters of the participants took a supplement with iron in pre/early pregnancy.
So, can taking iron pills help improve your iron stores before and during pregnancy?
Meeting your growing iron needsespecially if you had low levels prior to pregnancycan be difficult.
OB/GYN, women’s sexual health expert, and author of the booksShe-ologyandThe She-quel
Iron helps make hemoglobin in red blood cells, which provides oxygen to the baby.
Without enough hemoglobin, your body can become anemic.
But your iron levels should be checked more often if youre anemic during pregnancy.
But according to the study authors, this screening practice is not universally routine.
Preventive Services Task Forcesays theres not enough evidence to regularly screen for iron-deficiency anemia in pregnancy.
Theres also not a generally agreed upon diagnostic criteria for iron deficiency during pregnancy, per the study.
In general, its recommended pregnant people get about 27 milligrams of iron per day, according toYale Medicine.
Absolute and Functional Iron Deficiency in the US, 2017-2020.JAMA Netw Open.2024;7(9):e2433126.
OB/GYN, women’s sexual health expert, and author of the booksShe-ologyandThe She-quel
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