Low hemoglobin😔

Question

At week 33 now and latest blood test results showed that my Hb is still not within the desirable range despite my efforts in loading up iron-rich food the past month (beef almost everyday, pork liver once a week, cherries and dried apricots every other day).Latest reading is 10.5g/dl (ref range 11.5-16.5) - not sure if I can be happy that it didn’t drop further from the last blood test😅 or be worried that my diet does not seem to be working??Since young, I have bad reflex reactions when it comes to swallowing pills and hence I am really scared to be taking iron pills now… I will always gag or even throw up. I did stagger any intake of caffeine, dairy products and calcium supplements to be 2hours away from iron supplements too. Any advice on what else can be done? 🥲

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Hello! My haemoglobin has always been low as well. My blood test reading was around 9 plus range. My gynae asked me to take iron supplements and it only went up to 10.3 max after taking a few blood tests. I asked my gynae if this is okay for labour and will it cause any complications. She told me it’s fine for 10 plus range. I just delivered a few weeks ago and baby is healthy. Just continue to eat iron rich food, best to eat iron supplements daily as well but 2 hours apart from calcium supplements.