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@Coral: Thank you I'm sure the emotional side of things doesn't help - and the hormonal mood swings have definitely been exhausting - but beyond that I also feel unusually tired when I do physical tasks, like climbing stairs or doing the laundry. I'm pretty sure the iron will fix it soon enough, but I'm super impatient.

I hope you are having a good weekend! Here it feels like summer, despite being February, which is pretty awesome - it is making me daydream about summer and going to the beach

@Coral: I hope spring comes soon for you! We usually just skip from winter to summer but summer fortunately isn't too hot!

@mrsbubbletea: I noticed on my discharge report in the instructions at the end it said to take iron. The doctor apparently came and talked to me about discharge instructions but I have absolutely no recollection of this conversation - I must have been completely out of it from GA. I called the nurse and she said that the doctor does want me taking iron.

I would like to know exactly what my CBC is - you can request to access your patient records online and I'm still waiting for them to send me the pin number by mail to do that....I'm also going to ask if they can do another CBC at my post-op appt on Fri.

@mrsbubbletea: Thanks, I should look for the old threads on types of iron. And probably just go see my PCP if it doesn't resolve soon - I have a feeling this is more up their ally. In a past life as a competitive runner, I had various issues with anemia - I think I'm prone to it - and what ultimately worked best I think was the liquid iron. It is pretty gross, though.

@catlady: I hadn't even thought of that. I will ask my doctor about it at the next appointment. I'm sorry for your losses.

@Mrs. Sunshine: I'm so sorry you had to go through that, it sounds completely miserable.

@AprilFool: I remember seeing your post when I was googling for it and thinking "I guess it's good that this seems to be a normal thing." I'm really glad you got your energy back eventually.

@LCTBQE: Thank you - I'd missed this one, this is super helpful! The past month has been a lot of waiting - for the heart to stop, for the D&E, etc - and hoping to feel better, your post has me definitely looking forward to my first post-loss period.

@Shantuck: I've felt like a mess hormonally, so this could definitely be a part of it. When I went off birth control about a year ago I also felt kind of blah - though other issues and not exhaustion - and probiotics seemed to fix it, so I've been trying to incorporate lots of those in my diet...

@Coffee-lover: I'm sorry I really hope that you start to feel better soon.