Why IV Iron?
Built for Westfield women
You delivered at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, or maybe at RWJ Rahway, six months ago. Your ferritin came back at 18 at your six-week visit. Your OB said "try oral iron." You're still running Westfield Public Schools drop-offs on four hours of sleep, your partner is on the Raritan Valley line transferring at Newark Penn every morning, and your hair is coming out in the shower.
Most Westfield 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 an Overlook or RWJ Rahway delivery that oral iron alone doesn't resolve.
Many local OBs in Westfield, Scotch Plains, and Cranford 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 Overlook infusion suite visit means half a day: a 10-minute drive to Summit each way, scheduling delays, hospital parking, waiting rooms. Hard to manage with a newborn at home or after a Raritan Valley commute.