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My wife is aged 29 & has given birth her second issue 4 months ago. Immediately after the birth of her child she was having calcium tablets Corcium & most probably iron tablets Hemfer xt. The doctor prescribed her these medicines to continue but he did not mention how long these were to be taken. Now my question is that how long she will take these medicines. Please suggest any other calcium medicine & the time duration to take it. I can't decide.
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Iron tablets can be stopped now but the calcium needs to continue for as long as is feeding the baby.! Be it six months or one year till she is feeding she needs to take calcium tablets..!
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If your wife is feeding the baby, she needs to take iron-folic acid-calcium supplements. Remember that during pregnancy these are given and baby becomes 3 kg and baby weight 10 kg at 1 year, fed on breast milk plus some semisolids from 6 months. After delivery most women stop taking supplements but they have to continue if they do not want to become anemic and weak.
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