Reading up on the iron pill that was prescribed and looking at the side affects, I'm like whoa whoa…

I take half of my iron pill in the morning and half at dinner. It makes it easier on my stomach and also so i don't get constipated

My mom just recommended only taking half but I going to wait til Thursday to talk to my doctor for possible alternatives or if j can only take half without having or maintaining a low level. She and I will have a long conversation about my iron level and vitamin d level that way I fully understand and she sees that I hate taking pills. But if I have to take the whole pill I will have to either do the half and half or just at night and take my nausea medicine with it to hopefully help.

@geekymomma13, thanks so much for the tip. I really appreciate it!

def talk to your doctor to see if you can take half a day, cuz our digestive systems have already slowed down and no one wants to be uncomfortable.I only went ahead and did so bc I used to take potassium and the drs said half at a time was fine. and its no problem, girl. Seriously can't wait to be able to stop taking pills lol

Yes! I know. I hate taking pills. I'm bad at it. I'm more worried about the nausea/vomiting. I take diglegis and it makes you very drowsy. To the point you feel like a zombie when you wake up cause it makes you go clean to sleep without notice. At least at first. I stopped taking it because my previous employer insurance wouldn't pay for it after samples. But my new employer insurance pays for it. I try to only take it when it's extremely bad. I took it last Friday for the first time since my first trimester and oh my god! 😬...I felt like I was on the walking dead series. So I just dont want to take one pill, then take a another pill to fight a side affect of the 1st pills and wake up late for work or can't make it to work. That's what I'm most worried about. The constipation I can battle with certain foods.

at first I had to take iron pill and my prenatal but for some reason they changed it to this prenatal infused with iron so it was all in 1. you should ask about that instead because it worked well for me & I'm not good with pills either & they were like capsules not those plain hard to swallow things

@kysonsmommy610, I will definitely ask my doctor about that. My biggest thing is knowing iron is hard for the body to absorb especially when taking a pill. I really hate vomiting and feeling nauseous. I don't do those two things very well. But thank you so much for that tip.

yea I totally understand but you're welcome tho