Daily vs Alternate Day Iron Supplementation for Pregnant Women With Iron Deficiency Anemia

Inclusion Criteria

• •Pregnant patients with iron deficiency anemia, defined as Hb less than 11.0 or hematocrit less than 33% with ferritin 25 ug/L
• •Age 18-64 years old.
• •Gestational age between 12 0/7 weeks and 34 0/7 weeks.
• •No other known causes of anemia (Folate or vit b12 deficiency anemia, sideroblastic anemia, thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, aplastic anemia, hemolytic anemia, anemia of chronic disease). Anemic patients with a low ferritin level and a mean corpuscular volume (MCV) \>95 will have folate and vitamin B12 measured since some patients might have combined causes of anemia and might not respond as expected to iron supplementation only.
• •Patients will also be required to have a normal HB electrophoresis; this is a routine test obtained on all prenatal patients.