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My wife is 9 weeks pregnant. Her Hemoglobin count is 10mg/dl. Is it ok? Which food she needs to eat? Or should she take iron supplements?
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Take green vegetables ,fruits,dryfruits like Anjir,black raisins,date(khajur) peanuts +jaggery laddus...in your diet..
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you can take iron supplements after 3 months completed.
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Take dates,fruits and greens,provided u like now without nausea
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it is ok but she has to take iron rich food and iron supplements to increase it because during delivery the iron hemoglobin content will go down
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Dr. Shubhada Kulkarni
Gynecologist/Obstetrician
46 yrs exp
Mumbai
10gms Hb is ok at this stage. Usually they don’t tolerate iron tabs in first3-4 months . So hold on now ,she can have more green vegetables. Dates & proper diet , whatever she is tolerating. After completing 4 months she can start oral iron supplement.
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