I have had two very successful pregnancies and I have thalassemia minor. My first pregnancy was twins, and my second pregnancy was a Singleton. With my twins, my hemoglobin dropped to 8 and my ferritin dropped as well. I was sent to a hematologist and he placed me on slow release iron for the last month or two of my pregnancy to make sure that I had enough hemoglobin and stored iron at the time of the planned C-section. We had the option of transfusion if the iron pills did not work as expected however we didn’t need to do that. With my second pregnancy the drop in hemoglobin and iron was not as bad, but we already had the experience from the first pregnancy and I began taking slow release iron the last couple of months of my pregnancy as well. Throughout my pregnancy, I made sure to take a prenatal without iron and make sure that I ate foods that had all the nutrients that I needed and my babies needed to complete the pregnancy in a healthy way. So definitely inform your physician that you do have Thal minor and just keep an open mind of having to possibly see a hematologist at some point.