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Is It Safe To Take Fab Liquid Iron And Fefol Tablet For Anemia During Pregnancy?

I am 27 weeks 5 days pregnant and suffering from anaemia, in 3rd month of pregnancy my heamoglobin was 137g/l bt now its only 108g/l. In my iron studies my iron is 5.1 umol/l, transferrin sat is 5% and ferritin is 5 ng/ml. Now i am too worried. Can i take fab liquid iron in day time and fefol tablet at night? Can you please tell me how much iron should i take in a day, bcoz i want to recover it as soon as possible
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thank you for asking the question.
you are suffering from anemia. you are taking fefol. it contain iron and multivitamin. it should be taken once in a day during pregnancy. it contain all essential nutrient needed during pregnancy.
you are also taking fab liquid iron. as your iron level is very low, you sholuld continue with it.
my advice is you also take iron from diet. major dietary source of iron are-meat,fish,fruit,vegetables like spinach,beans,peas, sweet potato etc.
dietary intake of iron also increase the iron level and used in treatment of anemia.
Hope this will helpful to you.
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Is It Safe To Take Fab Liquid Iron And Fefol Tablet For Anemia During Pregnancy?

Hello thank you for asking the question. you are suffering from anemia. you are taking fefol. it contain iron and multivitamin. it should be taken once in a day during pregnancy. it contain all essential nutrient needed during pregnancy. you are also taking fab liquid iron. as your iron level is very low, you sholuld continue with it. my advice is you also take iron from diet. major dietary source of iron are-meat,fish,fruit,vegetables like spinach,beans,peas, sweet potato etc. dietary intake of iron also increase the iron level and used in treatment of anemia. Hope this will helpful to you.