Pregnancy Not absorbed systemically as an intact complex following oral administration Maternal use is not expected to result in fetal exposure to the drug Animal data In animal reproduction studies, oral administration of ferric or ferrous compounds to gravid CD1-mice and Wistar rats during organogenesis at doses 13-32 times the recommended human dose resulted in no adverse developmental outcomes Overdose of iron in pregnant women may carry a risk for spontaneous abortion, gestational diabetes, and fetal malformation Clinical considerations Untreated iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in pregnancy is associated with adverse maternal outcomes such as postpartum anemia Adverse pregnancy outcomes associated...