Anemia in pregnancy,and especially iron deficiency anemia is both a long standing scholarly interest ,the aim of my research to summarise the risk factors of iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy, especially in Egypt as a less developed country,and suggest recommendations about how to prevent it

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women aged 18 years or older with established iron deficiency anemia (HB less than 10)
• established intrauterine pregnancy
• women want to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• anemia due to other causes
• recent blood transfusion in the last 3 months
• women with threatened miscarriage
• women are known to have pathological blood loss (urinary bleeding or GIT bleeding) 5- history of haematological disorder 6- women used iron in the past 3 months

Pregnant women attending Assiut university hospital for antenatal care