You delivered at UC Davis Medical Center or Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento six months ago. Your ferritin came back at 18 at your six-week visit. Your OB said “try oral iron.” You’re still running Sacramento City Unified drop-offs, sitting in I-80 or Highway 50 traffic every morning, and your hair is coming out in the shower.
Most Sacramento 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 UC Davis Medical Center or Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento delivery that oral iron alone doesn't resolve.
Many local OBs in Sacramento, East Sacramento, and Land Park 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 UC Davis or Sutter Medical Center infusion suite visit means half a day: fighting I-80 or Highway 50 each way, scheduling delays, garage parking, waiting rooms. Hard to manage with a newborn at home.