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blood transfusion

chelseaepleychelseaepley member
in November 2015 Moms
My doctor has me scheduled for a blood transfusion after section (next Friday) and I was wondering of anyone has any advice because I'm freaking out!! What should I expect?
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Re: blood transfusion

  • BowWowBowieBowWowBowie member
    When I had mine, it made me extremely tired, I was in and our of it for quite a while. It's time consuming but you should feel immediately better after! 
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  • chelseaepleychelseaepley member
    Are there any long term effects?
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  • BowWowBowieBowWowBowie member
    I can't recall any that I had or if I was warned about any. 
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  • tmandato123tmandato123 member
    No long term effects ! I had a blood transfusion after a major surgery from
    Internal bleeding. It's been 8 years and Iv had no long term or short term effects from the procedure. Nothing to be worried about honestly. Good luck and I wish you nothing but the best. Stay positive. No negative thinking.
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  • chelseaepleychelseaepley member
    Thank you guys! Puts my mind at ease big time.
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  • ewhitledgeewhitledge member
    Generally patients feel better after them. They will check your vital signs every fifteen minutes at first then every thirty. They generally run over two hours but can go up to four before the blood is bad. No long term effects that I've ever heard, but there's potential to pick up antibodies from the blood that you didn't previously have. The only thing this would effect would be any future blood transfusion as that blood would generally need the same antibodies.
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  • angelinthepit23angelinthepit23 member
    I had lots of them as a child due to surgeries. No long term side effects. I can remember being cold and nauseous during them but it passed.
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  • helsbels222helsbels222 member
    Hmmm, I never realized a blood transfusion was common after a c section.
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  • tmandato123tmandato123 member
    It's common if you are anemic.
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  • chelseaepleychelseaepley member
    I'm extremely anemic. Even outside of pregnancy but pregnancy has just drained me I take iron supplements 3x a day along with a high protein diet and special nutrition shakes,which has only raised my h&h and iron by .2 which is no where near enough. Thank you to everyone for your input! I feel a lot better about it now and I'm not nearly as scared as I was!
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  • lyankowilyankowi member
    What do you normally run @chelseaepley ? Just wondering because at last check I was 9.2 I am always borderline but that's really low for me
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  • chelseaepleychelseaepley member
    Last check I was 8.1
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