those iron tablets post birth - side effects

im only on week 3 and taking just one a day, but i have tmi lots of wind and now i have tummy ache, i've been to the loos so its not that, although it is jet black in colour lol.....i'm also a tad dizzy and a bit cold even with heating on so maybe im coming down with something else?

Poor you - they have horrible side effects for som people.  I've been taking Spatone during this pregnancy to try and keep levels up before the birth, I want a home birth and didn't want low iron levels to be an issue.  I would highly recommend it - no side effects and its worked.  You can get it in Tesco and Boots.

Lisa x

39+3

I had awful runs when taking them to the point of being iller than without them. Can def second Spatone though.

constipation.

I've heard good things about spatone, and you can always eat dried apricots, red meat, leafy green veg,drink OJ, etc.

I felt miles better once I stopped taking them too.

I stopped taking  mine after about 4 weeks...... I couldnt cope with the sideeffects anymore!!!

thanks all, I think I'll stop taking them.....even if I a coming down with something with the dizzyness and shivers I'm fed up of the wind and tummy ache...

I have been on iron tablets during both pregancys and after birth too. The side effects were awful and making me feel worse so I started using spa tone in a glass of orange juice instead and I felt better within a few days I highly recommend them.

Cheeky Chops:

I stopped taking  mine after about 4 weeks...... I couldnt cope with the sideeffects anymore!!!

I only managed 4 days - constipation was really not what i needed with stitches etc! oh and the black poo freaked me out until i googled side effects!!

I have to confess that I didn't even open the packet - I had some when I was pregnant and had awful SEs so when I was told I needed them again I decided to go down the steak and guinness route and I felt back to normal in a couple of weeks. 

well i did stop after 4 days (when baby and i were admitted back to hosp for a week) but they redid my bloods and said i had to have them....... i took them on and off while in hosp then 1 -2 a day for a while and couldnt cope any longer.... i have a cupboard FULL of them now!!!

constipation, wind, black poo - all lovely stuff

I took lower than the dose they told me to, one every other day or something, and ended up having to have my levels checked for ages afterwards. I think F was about 20 weeks when I finally finished them all. I'm going to eat brocolli and dried apricots for every meal if I have another

Cheeky Chops:

well i did stop after 4 days (when baby and i were admitted back to hosp for a week) but they redid my bloods and said i had to have them....... i took them on and off while in hosp then 1 -2 a day for a while and couldnt cope any longer.... i have a cupboard FULL of them now!!!

so there are hundreds of packets of unsed iron tablets all around the country