Blood suckers

Re: Blood suckers

• addysensmommy member

  August 2014

  When I had my blood work the other day they took 12....

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• aybo member

  August 2014

  @addysensmommy‌ oh my! Why so much?

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• IsabelC687 member

  August 2014

  And I thought 4 was a lot. I kept thinking "remember I'm small! I'm going to have to replace this blood!"

  
  

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• Krizzista member

  August 2014

  My first appointment they took a lot.
  I can't remember how many tubes (I wasn't looking), but I just about threw up because I could hear it squirt in the tubes. Yuck. Not looking forward to my next blood draw.

  

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• bes12 member

  August 2014

  I had 5 today also, I wasn't sure the last large tube was going to fill...it took forever and she still had to do 2 smaller tubes!! Not really sure what they were all for, I should have probably asked.

  

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• jennjilljo member

  August 2014

  They've always taken at least 4 from me for each appointment for each pregnancy. I just assume they have a lot of tests to do.

  

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• triplej9 member

  August 2014 edited August 2014

  addysensmommy said:

  When I had my blood work the other day they took 12....

  Holy shit. 12?!?

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

                       
  

  
  

  
  

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• mommy510 member

  August 2014

  They took 5 today at my apt too. I got really lightheaded and almost passed out. I had eaten a good breakfast, but it was almost lunchtime by the time I was at my apt. I'm slightly anaemic, so that doesn't help.

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
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• AF9211 member

  August 2014

  Yep...I had 6 taken at the lab on Wednesday! It sucks, but from what I remember of DD's pregnancy, that's the worst of it. Unless you have to do the 3 hour glucose tolerance test...then they take 4 vials. Still not as bad as 6, though! 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• AF9211 member

  August 2014

  jennwilhoite said:

  They've always taken at least 4 from me for each appointment for each pregnancy. I just assume they have a lot of tests to do.

  They take 4 at each of your appointments? Yikes! That sounds miserable. Do you know why they take so much, so often? I've only had blood drawn at a handful of appointments. 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• empiregrl5 member

  August 2014

  My 1st appt. I had 14 vials!! I thought that was normal lol but I had all kinds of blood work including genetic testing....

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• kbelly777 member

  August 2014

  I haven't had any blood work done. I'm 14 weeks along. It seems weird to me, but my OB hasn't recommended any tests yet. I've left a urine sample twice and that's it. Am I the only one?

  

  

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• abc313 member

  August 2014

  They took 4 at my 12 week appointment on monday. Dr said they were finding my blood type and testing for stds, diseases, iron levels, etc.
  I'm usually ok with blood draws but I couldn't look and 20 min later I was super light headed. I'm glad my mom was with me to get me some food.

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• chickyclg member

  August 2014 edited August 2014

  Lol the most I've had was 27 vials at once I knew it was bad when the blood lady was counting vials and I had to help hold them

  
  

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• kbelly777 member

  August 2014

  Lord. Have. Mercy.
  
  27 vials.

  

  

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• chickyclg member

  August 2014

  kbelly777 said:

  Lord. Have. Mercy.
  
  27 vials.

  Infertility suck is all I can say

  
  

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  MTHFR 
  

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• kbelly777 member

  August 2014

  chickyclg said:

  kbelly777 said:

  Lord. Have. Mercy.
  
  27 vials.

  Infertility suck is all I can say

  For real. Geez, I'm so sorry.

  

  

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• easton2131 member

  August 2014

  kbelly777 said:

  I haven't had any blood work done. I'm 14 weeks along. It seems weird to me, but my OB hasn't recommended any tests yet. I've left a urine sample twice and that's it. Am I the only one?

  I've never heard of that. you need a prenatal screening to make sure you and baby are healthy (no STDs, HIV, blood levels are OK). its odd that the Dr wouldn't wna check that asap. maybe they forgot?? I'd check w them on monday .
  

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• lailou member

  August 2014

  They took 7 with me, I had to ask the nurse if there would be enough left!

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• aggiebug member

  August 2014

  Yup they like to suck our blood :-). I had 9 at one appt. Mayne tests need blood in a specific tube. You will notice they have different color tops each different color has a different additive that effects/ protects specific aspects of the blood so that is part of what they take so much. That and titers for diseases take a lot of serum.

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• easton2131 member

  August 2014

  I don't understand why they need so much from us but they just take a blot of blood from the newborn and they can test for thousands of diseases (usually its only a few but my hospital does thousands)

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• dreemkin84 member

  August 2014

  aggiebug said:

  Yup they like to suck our blood :-). I had 9 at one appt. Mayne tests need blood in a specific tube. You will notice they have different color tops each different color has a different additive that effects/ protects specific aspects of the blood so that is part of what they take so much. That and titers for diseases take a lot of serum.

  This and there is often gel in the tube to separate serum and red cells. So there is usually only a couple ml of blood in each tube. It looks like more than it is people! Relax.

  

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• jennjilljo member

  August 2014

  AF9211 said:

  
  

  jennwilhoite said:

  
  

  They've always taken at least 4 from me for each appointment for each pregnancy. I just assume they have a lot of tests to do.

  
  

  They take 4 at each of your appointments? Yikes! That sounds miserable. Do you know why they take so much, so often? I've only had blood drawn at a handful of appointments. 
  
  I'm pretty sure this is just my office. Each office is different. I should clarify that they stopped after the testing phase was over so after about 5 months on they didn't draw anymore from me. Sorry to spook you, I should have been more clear to begin with.

  

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• lailou member

  August 2014

  I was wondering what that gel was!

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• phisigangel28 member

  August 2014

  I don't think they will take much but I will have to have blood drawn at like every single appointment and I bruise terribly every time I have blood drawn

  

  
  

  

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• Devonc625 member

  August 2014

  I'm a phlebotomist at my local hospital. Trust me 4-5 viles of blood is not a lot. It takes 95 viles to make a pint.....so don't act like the Dr is taking vital amounts of blood. If it were dangerous they wouldn't do it!

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• AngieAn member

  August 2014

  I use to donate blood before i got pregnant, so the 12 vials they took at 8 weeks were ok. Although, before I started donating I always thought any more then 3 was a lot. 

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