Why IV Iron?
Built for Manhasset women
You delivered at North Shore University Hospital six months ago. Your ferritin came back at 18 at your six-week visit. Your OB said "try oral iron." You're still running Munsey Park drop-offs on four hours of sleep, barely making it through the 7:42 Port Washington line commute into Penn, and your hair is coming out in the shower.
Most Manhasset 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 North Shore delivery that oral iron alone doesn't resolve."
Many local OBs 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. A Northwell infusion suite visit means half a day: scheduling delays, hospital parking, waiting rooms. Hard to manage with a newborn or back-to-back Zoom calls from home.