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I am 29 year old woman. My doctor prescribed me ferrous fumarate tablets for anemia. And he asked me to take them for 2 months. My problem is I am planning for children. Is it right time for me to conceive with anemia. Please answer my question, am very much worried
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Thank you for using Ask a doctor service from Doctor spring. It is advisable to correct anaemia before you conceive, as having anaemia can affect the growth of the baby during pregnancy. So I would advise you to correct anaemia first, so that you can have a healthy baby in future when you conceive. Bringing your iron levels back up to a healthy level is simple. Increasing the iron in your diet can make all the difference (eating beets, spinach, beans, animal meats, pumpkin seeds, molasses, asparagus). Make sure to also include foods that help the absorption of iron like oranges, strawberries, broccoli tomatoes and green peppers. In addition to eating a diet rich in iron, taking a whole food iron supplement makes a huge difference which your doctor have already prescribed. Good sources of iron are beef, wholemeal bread and cereals, eggs, spinach and dried fruit. Foods rich in folic acid include beans, muesli, broccoli, beef, Brussels sprouts and asparagus. It is now routine to recommend to women planning a pregnancy to take a folic acid supplement for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and preferably starting before conception. This reduces the risk of spinal cord defects (spina bifida) developing in the foetus. Take the iron supplement and diet rich in iron regularly, repeat the blood test after couple of months and see if the iron levels have come to normal, hopefully with rich iron supplement intake your iron levels will become normal soon and you will be safe to carry a pregnancy. Hope this helps. feel free to ask if you have any further questions. Thank you