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Hi i'm 31 and 4days pregntant and im taking iron tablets and viticms d and c. i just been to the toliet and i just stool black poo is it normal .?
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Iron pills can: lead to dark stool. Dark, malodorous, sticky stool on the other hand - can be related to GI bleeding.
Answered 2/22/2015
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