Here we are on Saturday, my official rest day. I woke up at around 6:30 and then went back to bed at 8:30 for about 2 hours. Now I am up again, not exactly bright eyed and bushy tailed but coherent. Yesterday I finally succeeded in finding a provider at St. Luke's Roosevelt who is in-network AND supports natural childbirth and the birthing center. And I was able to get an appointment for this Wednesday. My doula told me to make sure that I let them know that I JUST found out that I was pregnant and I am not just switching providers because I don't like my doctor or something. Trying to avoid the "PITA" rep early, Pain In The Ass! LOL! The nurses and the doc at the women's health center at Beth Israel kind of were giving me the side-eye like I was crazy for not knowing I was pregnant. Yeah, I think I was the last to know.
I had blood tests done and I guess the results are in. I came home yesterday and I had a message from Beth Israel on my answering machine. It was a nurse telling me that my iron is low and I am anemic. Well quelle surprise! Not a big shocker considering I don't really eat any of the main sources of iron, beef, chicken, liver(blech!) and eggs. Luckily for me dried fruit is a very good source so I plan on getting some dates and figs on my little adventure outside of the house later today. Apparently watermelon has as much iron as spinach! So in addition to the nutrition side of things she told me to get ferrous sulfate iron pills. At first I was like "okay". Then after doing a little of my own research, I was like "Um hell to the nah!" I found a better product and yes it's more holistic I guess you could say.
| Salus® Floradix® Formula | |
| Natural solutions for your daily iron needs. Embraced by women for over 60 years. |
It's a liquid and is easier for the body to absorb apparently. I have 4 months to build my iron back up so that I can have a safe, low risk labor and delivery. I don't even want to go into all the problems that are associated with anemia in pregnancy. My level is 10.4, I need to bring it up to at least 12. Between the low protein and the low iron NOW I understand why I get so tired in the beginning in the afternoon. I plan on picking up either Floravit or Floradix when I go to the health food store later. Oh and I have more ultrasound pics, I'll upload them sometime next week. I can see Baby Bojangles little nose! I am going to try to finish watching "The Business of Being Born" now, really good so far. Kudos to Ricki Lake. Go Ricki! Go Ricki! Go Ricki!
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