anemia bloodwork

jssica1013

Hi ladies!! Sorry I haven't posted in forever!

At my sons 12 month appt they gave us paperwork to get blood work done to check and see if he is anemic. Well I completely forgot so we got the same paper again at 15 months. I assumed it would be a heel/finger stick, but the doctor said it was a venipuncture. I was surprised but didn't think much of it. Well today we went to get it done and it was a nightmare. I had to watch my baby be held done by three people and they had to stick him 3 times to finally get it. Now I feel so upset with his doctor, I don't understand why he couldn't just order a finger/heel stick-when I know thats how they check when I donate blood. So I'm wondering is this how all of your babies had to be checked?

I'm probably being irrational after watching him go through it today- he was rather upset afterwards but its now completely forgotten.  

jldubb0626

Ever since Eli's 12month appointment he's been getting blood from the arm.

SevenT7Switch

We had a finger prick at Luke's 15 month. I can't imagine trying to get him to sit still enough to get blood from the arm! 

karleegirl

Fingersicks are not as accurate as blood drawn from the vein. As well as certain tests can't be obtained period that way.
I understand its hard to see your baby in pain upset but they've forgotten it much quicker than you.

emschott

We had a finger prick for that one.

michelle7482

We had a toe prick.

harmonicbabe26

That is really weird! We had it done at 12 months and it was a finger prick nothing more.

ALane1128

We had a finger/foot prick at 12 months and it was crazy inaccurate. So we had to go back for the arm. Which came back accurate. Jackson did waaaay better for the arm than the foot. We have to do it for the 15 month which I keep forgetting. We'll do the arm again.