Why IV Iron?
Built for Bergenfield women
You delivered at Englewood Health or Hackensack University Medical Center six months ago. Your ferritin came back at 18 at your six-week visit. Your OB said "try oral iron." You’re still running Bergenfield Public Schools drop-offs, your partner is on the 166 bus into Port Authority every morning, and your hair is coming out in the shower.
Most Bergenfield women we see are postpartum or dealing with years of heavy cycles. They end up in the ferritin "gray zone" iron stores between 15 and 30 ng/mL, where bloodwork looks normal but exhaustion is real. Hair sheds. Nails split. Brain fog makes it hard to finish a sentence. Many women experience postpartum hair loss after a Englewood Health or Hackensack University Medical Center delivery that oral iron alone doesn't resolve.
Many local OBs in Bergenfield, New Milford, and Dumont flag low ferritin at the postpartum checkup but don’t offer in-office infusions.
Oral iron takes three to six months to work, if you can tolerate the stomach cramps and constipation. An Englewood Health or Hackensack University Medical Center infusion suite visit means half a day: a drive down Route 4 each way, scheduling delays, hospital parking, waiting rooms. Hard to manage with a newborn at home or after a GW Bridge commute.