During both my pregnancies we lived in the country. Our water came from a spring and we cooked with cast iron skillets. My midwife and I concluded that my iron count when I was pregnant was higher than a non-pregnant women because of these two facts in my life. As a side note I never heard of cast iron until I married my husband 33 years ago and now I can bake biscuits and cornbread over a campfire. He is very proud of that fact and when any conversation turns to camping he is very happy to praise me to the person he's talking to.
During both my pregnancies we lived in the country. Our water came from a spring and we cooked with cast iron skillets. My midwife and I concluded that my iron count when I was pregnant was higher than a non-pregnant women because of these two facts in my life. As a side note I never heard of cast iron until I married my husband 33 years ago and now I can bake biscuits and cornbread over a campfire. He is very proud of that fact and when any conversation turns to camping he is very happy to praise me to the person he's talking to.