Happy Halloween - Got Iron?
Ugh...my full blood work came back from when I was in the hospital Wednesday night. My iron is "the lowest" the OB nurse has ever seen, despite oodles of food and supplements, iron-absorption helpers like vitamin C, and avoiding eating dairy/taking calcium at the same time. I have a lovely pale white pallor and white gums. Charming. I am worried about the baby, as this puts me at a higher risk of premature delivery and low birth weight. I have to go to the lab Tuesday for more blood work (but don't I need every drop?) where they are going to test for some type of genetic iron malabsorption disorder, then see the doc Thursday and the following Tuesday. *sigh*I'm frustrated that I'm doing what I am supposed to be doing and it isn't helping. Plus, I can't get anything done except lie here. I need to meet with a student who is seriously having trouble in my class at 2:30.
I have to take this moment to say, once again, that I have the best husband ever - he took the car in to be repaired and picked up our free loaner vehicle (whilch we always like better than our own car) and right now is taking the cat to the vet while I lie in bed like a fainting Victorian lady.
I have to take this moment to say, once again, that I have the best husband ever - he took the car in to be repaired and picked up our free loaner vehicle (whilch we always like better than our own car) and right now is taking the cat to the vet while I lie in bed like a fainting Victorian lady.