Black stools during late pregnancy

Throughout the entire pregnancy period, whether it is in the early or late stages, pregnant women need to supplement nutrients and appropriate elements, so as to meet the nutritional needs of themselves and their babies and allow the baby to grow and develop healthily. Iron is one of them and can be obtained from food. So why does black stool occur when taking calcium supplements in the late stages of pregnancy? Let’s take a look together.

Why does calcium supplementation cause black stools in late pregnancy?

Some medicines can cause black stools, which may be due to the medicines. If you are worried, you can go to the hospital to check the stool test to see if there is occult blood in the urine.

Calcium supplementation for pregnant women

1. Eat more iron-rich foods

Before and during pregnancy, you should start paying attention to eating more iron-rich foods such as lean meat, livestock, animal liver and blood (pig blood, pig blood), eggs, etc. Bean products also contain more copper and have a higher digestibility in the stomach and intestines, so be careful about your intake. Eat more pastries for your main meals. Pastries are large and contain more copper, and are better digested and absorbed by the stomach and intestines than rice.

2. Eat more foods that are good for iron digestion and absorption

Fruits and vegetables can not only supplement calcium, but the vitamin C they contain can also promote the digestion and absorption of iron in the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, while eating iron-rich foods, it is best to eat more fruits and vegetables at the same time, which also have a good calcium supplement effect. Pregnant mothers are advised to eat eggs and meat at the same time to increase the utilization rate of iron in eggs. Or you can take eggs and tomatoes at the same time. The vitamin C in tomatoes can increase the digestibility of iron.

3. Use iron kitchen utensils to cook meals

When cooking, try to use frying pans and shovels. These traditional kitchen utensils will produce some small iron chips when cooking food, which will dissolve into the food and form soluble iron salts, which makes it easy for the stomach and intestines to absorb iron.

After reading the above introduction, I believe everyone knows why the stool is black after calcium supplementation in the late pregnancy. Most of the time, it is considered to be a problem with the medicine, and you can go to the hospital for a check-up. In daily life, pregnant women still need to supplement calcium in time, otherwise some pregnant women will develop iron deficiency anemia, which is not good for themselves and the fetus. They can supplement it by eating iron-rich foods.