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I have a discrepancy between my naturopath and my midwife, and I'm looking to see if anyone has experience on this one. I bled a little after my last birth and had multiple pitocin shots, like 4 or 5. Honestly I think the whole thing was blown out of proportion by my midwife's apprentice, but that's another story. Anyway, we're trying to avoid the pitocin again this time as I have a bad feeling about how it affected me, and we're prepared to do cottonwood bark for sure while I'm pushing. But now my midwife suddenly thinks I ought to get on B-12. I think it's a whim, really, she recently read it's good for anemia support. I asked my naturopath today, and he said it's only necessary if my anemia is from a B-12 deficiency (logical) which I have no idea if I have, but no reason to think it.<br><br>
My iron came back a little low here at 37 weeks (10.4, down from 10.5 a few weeks ago), but not disasterously low. And my midwife, in her voicemail, stressed again the B-12 thing. My red blood cell count (that's the thing, right?) was also a little low at the beginning of pregnancy, don't know about it now, though. Thing is, I had just finished nursing my 3 year old when I got pregnant and I was really drained of everything, but I've been building everything back up during this pregnancy, which I can tell has been working pretty well.<br><br>
I suppose the B-12 couldn't hurt, but I'm kind of feeling vitamin fatigue at this point, and I take a fantastic multi-vitamin (as good as any prenatal, but prenatals have made me feel icky in the past). Also, I feel good. Tired and hugely pregnant, but good underneath that.<br><br>
So, anyone know about this B-12 thing?
I have a discrepancy between my naturopath and my midwife, and I'm looking to see if anyone has experience on this one. I bled a little after my last birth and had multiple pitocin shots, like 4 or 5. Honestly I think the whole thing was blown out of proportion by my midwife's apprentice, but that's another story. Anyway, we're trying to avoid the pitocin again this time as I have a bad feeling about how it affected me, and we're prepared to do cottonwood bark for sure while I'm pushing. But now my midwife suddenly thinks I ought to get on B-12. I think it's a whim, really, she recently read it's good for anemia support. I asked my naturopath today, and he said it's only necessary if my anemia is from a B-12 deficiency (logical) which I have no idea if I have, but no reason to think it.<br><br>
My iron came back a little low here at 37 weeks (10.4, down from 10.5 a few weeks ago), but not disasterously low. And my midwife, in her voicemail, stressed again the B-12 thing. My red blood cell count (that's the thing, right?) was also a little low at the beginning of pregnancy, don't know about it now, though. Thing is, I had just finished nursing my 3 year old when I got pregnant and I was really drained of everything, but I've been building everything back up during this pregnancy, which I can tell has been working pretty well.<br><br>
I suppose the B-12 couldn't hurt, but I'm kind of feeling vitamin fatigue at this point, and I take a fantastic multi-vitamin (as good as any prenatal, but prenatals have made me feel icky in the past). Also, I feel good. Tired and hugely pregnant, but good underneath that.<br><br>
So, anyone know about this B-12 thing?