[RealLifeMama]

Originally Posted by Soliloquy

Two thoughts come to mind. First, your anemia could be in the early stages. If this is the case and you don't get any iron, eventually your hematocrit will drop.

Second thought is chronic illness. One method of fighting infection is to drop iron levels in the blood via IL-1. I think this is not very likely because you'd probably have other symptoms like joint pain or something else indicating inflammation. Did they check your WBC?

I actually went to the Dr because of swollen lymph nodes in my neck, underarm, collar area, and groin, so infection could have been an issue. It actually has been 6 weeks since I had this bloodwork, but life has been so crazy, I am just now getting around to doing anything about it.
My WBC was normal. 4.1, and the normal range is 3.4-10.8
Everything else was normal, except for vitamin D. He did not check my b vitamins.

I am just so tired and weak. For instance, I can do dishes for like 10 minutes or so, and then they just all seem sooo heavy. If I walk up the stairs, I have to rest afterward instead of doing whatever it was I came upstairs to do. I get winded washing my hair. That sort of thing. I used to stand almost all day and move around constantly. You know how it is as a busy mom. Not that I wasn't tired and mentally exhausted, but I could just keep going. This even feels different from 1st trimester tiredness. The last two pregnancies, I remember being so tired I was crying because I was so tired, but had to keep going. Now, there is no way I can make my body keep going, even if I want to.