iron

Which irons have you tried and how much iron?

not taking the multi at the same time?

I eat lean beef with a slice or two of tomato on it. No bun. That ups the iron that you get from the lean beef. I take a multi vitamin (chewable childrens) but no other supplement for Iron at all. I find that it bothers me (or it did when I was pregnant both times). When I was pregnant I craved iron and the first time it was liver that I ate for it. the last pregnancy I had plain hamburgers with tomato only...I think I ate those 10 times a week, pregnant with my son...Hamburger for breakfast. Yum.

thats just it, i havent been able to eat any beef cept for chop meat in chili. i cant get a burger down, maybe its time to try again, or try some thin sliced steak or something, the thought still makes me gag though. thanks for your post though, gotta try something hugs, jacki

Try it browned just alittle and then add some juice or gravy to the pan and that might help. Or try it rare. I generally eat beef on the rare side (because it's more tender that way). As a matter of fact, buffalo burger is even better, rare.  shh..Making me hungry.

whats with the ice lol??  its funny you should mention that cause im cold all the time too, but this year ive stopped putting ice in drinks the way i always used too.  i dont seem to want ice.  wonder if that will change with the warmer weather though. i guess this will be an ongoing story. jacki

I've heard good things about the Gentle iron (from vitalady)...because it's non constipating.  I take NOW vitamins Iron complex (5 in the morning).  It's the OTC equvilent of REPLIVA..which is a 33 dollar a month prescription....the OTC stuff costs 6 dollars and change.   It did really constipate me in the beginning....i started with Repliva and that constipated me terribly.   So i take 800 mg of Magnesium oxide daily to help keep things moving...and sometimes I need to take MOM at night.  Normally as a DSer...I dn't have these issues, and when it'sthe "off" week ....(repliva is 21 days on, 7 days off)....i go back to normal. Scott