iron again

so am feeling just a wee bit concerned about Taine. some of you may remember some issues we had with him about three months ago. Basically he was always tired, pale and unhappy. we took him to the beach one day and he lay down and asked to go home -whereas a few weeks ago he had loved the beach and swimming.
Went to the doctor and had a blood test. He had poor iron levels. so we put him on supplements and mince galore. He perked up, was happy as. We were told to bring him back two/three months later for another test to rule out any underlying cause for the iron deficiency.
So we did. I wasn't concerned as he had been really happy, although a wee bit clingy (i put that down to the previous week he'd spent by himself with my parents). he hasn't been on supplements lately, due to the nurse saying that we wanted to see if his body could produce iron - or something along those lines - and that the supplments to be masking something else.

yesterday we had the blood tests done, and the doctor has just rung and said his levels are very low again - at 8 when the minimum they should be is 20. I'm freaking out jsut a wee bit. We are going back to the doctor (as her request) today - she wanted us to come in ASAP - which of course doesn't leave me feeling particulary good either. yuk yuk yuk

Yeeks hun big hugs!!!! I have a vague memory of this happening to my sister so will go find out what it was.
Keep us posted k.

Eek how scary but what an awesome doctor.

poor babe and i can relate................doesnt matter how many iron tabs i take my tests are still low and worse during later stages of pregs............hugs to him

Low iron can also relate to low vit c so it might be worth having a chewy vitamin c supplement (I loved them as a kid) as vitamin C helps iron be absorbed more readily. My brother was anaemic when he was a kid and he used to get blood noses all the time. He is fine now though!