bkdaniels
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Jun 26, 2006, 9:49 PM
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If you have just started using the "pill," you should expect some vaginal bleeding or unusual bleeding until your body adjust to this medicine, usually the first 3 - 6 months. Contraceptive pills increase your hormone levels and with increased hormone levels you less likely to become pregnant.
Once again, these symptoms should stop. If they continue, notify your doctor.
Futhermore, wether your anemia is acute or chronic, you should ask your doctor about foods you can eat high in iron. These are: - red meat
- fish
- chicken
- liver or eggs
- dried fruits, like apricots, prunes, and raisins
- lentils and beans
- green, leafy vegetables, like spinach and broccoli o tofu o cereal with iron in it (iron-fortified)
Or you can ask your doctor about iron supplements, also. In most cases, however, women who take birth control pills have less bleeding during their periods. This would lower their risk for anemia.
Hope this answers your question!
REFERENCE(S)
1. American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), Birth Control Pills And Bleeding (Online: AAFP, 2002) http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020515/2083ph.html
2. The National Women's Health Information Center, Anemia: Does birth control affect my risk for anemia? (Online: Office on Women's Health / U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2004) http://www.4woman.gov/faq/anemia.htm
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