Hi there!
I just wanted to share my experience with you.
I have a blood disorder that leaves me chronically anemic. I have to take iron supplements but even more regularly while I’m pregnant.
You can get much of your iron requirements thru food that you eat. Green leafy vegetables are a great source. An easy way to help get your levels up are to eat spinach salads. You can load them up with all sorts of great things like chopped hard boiled eggs (great source of protein) cheese (calcium) and tomatoes or mandarin oranges.
Drinking something like orange juice while eating things that are high in iron helps with absorption.
I have had 5 babies and have never required a transfusion. 😉