Current available evidence does not clarify the best method of treating IDA of pregnancy.96 However oral iron therapy is the most feasible.97 Sensitivity reactions and increased risk of venous thrombosis, and pain and skin discoloration at site of injection, have been associated with intravenous and intramuscular iron therapy respectively.96 and 97 In comparison to iron dextran and iron sorbitol which have been used frequently in the past, intravenous iron sucrose complex and iron polymaltose complex have been found to be effective in special situations such as unresponsiveness, intolerance or non-compliance with oral iron supplements or in the presence of severe anaemia which requires urgent correction while avoiding the risks of blood transfusion98 and 99 and it could be combined with recombinant human erythropoietin in well resourced settings (Table 4).99