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Iron deficiency anaemia and postpartum haemorrhage
Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is when you lose more blood than normal at or after giving birth: >500ml at a vaginal birth or >1000ml at a caesarean birth. There are various risk factors, one of which is being iron deficient or having iron deficiency anaemia.
Is your low iron affecting your thyroid health?
Low iron is a very common theme with the mums I work with. Yet few know about the distinct relationship between our iron levels and our thyroid function. Our thyroid gland is very nutrient-dependent, and iron is just one of the essential nutrients it needs. It’s often called the master gland because it's vital for the overall functioning of our metabolism.
What you need to know about iron absorption from food and supplements
There are some key factors involved in how our body absorbs iron from both food and supplements. It's not as simple as ‘what I put into my mouth’ will ‘get into my bloodstream/body.’
Postpartum hair loss: what’s normal and what’s not
If you’ve been pregnant you’d probably remember the lusciousness of your hair; thick, shiny, long. This was thanks to the high amounts of circulating oestrogen and progesterone, this helps keep our hair in the ‘growth’ phase compared to the ‘loss phase’. Then we arrive at postpartum and enter a new hormonal state - and the shedding begins.