Donating Blood while TTC?!?

BlissfulWifey

Hello all,

 I signed up for a Blood drive Friday 10/23. I will be in my 2WW and my Dr told me that i can donate if i want to but i wanted to get some opinions on this. I just dont want to lower my chances of conceiving but I have 0(-) blood so i feel i need to donate. 

susykat77

If your doc said it was ok then I'd go ahead with it. I do understand the feeling of not wanting to do ANYTHING that might risk it!

BlissfulWifey

So i decided it was not a good idea to donate blood while trying to conceive! I found the following info and also the nurse in the blood mobile advised me not to!

"That's funny you posted that question because I am the operations supervisor for my local blood bank. It is absolutely not a good idea to donate while trying to conceive. Just how you need all of your blood during pregnancy, you should keep it while ttc. It can lower your iron, take away nutrients that your body needs while ttc. If you should happen to implant after donating blood, it could take away from the process of the embryo developing. In short, anyone at the blood bank may tell you different, but I will tell you first hand, it's no good for you or your potential developing fetus! XxBabyDustxX" i found this on another forum!

BrightenMySky

@BlissfulWifey, thanks for sharing that info/update.  

BlissfulWifey

@brightenmysky your so welcome