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A member asked:

Hi im 39 weeks pregnant and i just had a dark stool for the 1st tyme is that normal?

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Dr. Robert Varady answered

May be the iron: I cold be any iron that you are taking, but if it's black, tar like then that is more serious and needs to be tested by a physician

Answered 7/2/2018

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