blood tests

Well i did my 28wk antenatal bloods this morning, and unfortunatley i got stuck with a trainee who was a bit too gunhoe.

She stabbed the needle in so hard that it hit the bone, and i left the chair, and im pretty sure i swore. (infact the whole waiting room heard me lol)

my arm is really sore now, and im feeling a bit sick, great start to my day....lol

hopefully no more blood tests are needed

im a sook. I always ask to lie down before i get blood taken.

That is terrible!! I know they all have to start somehwere but can't they practise on someone else?!

I freak out during blood tests, I am a sook! But while pregnant with Quinn I found the BEST place to go, there is a guy there who did my blood tests and I SWEAR I didn't even feel it!!

When we took Jayde to starship they had a newbie there that took her blood i was so upset with the fact that my baby had to have a gastroscopy then when had this woman faffing around trying to take bloods. Someone else ended up coming in to help. I wish that she had told us that she was training before she attempted to take the bloods because i would have asked for someone else and told her she could watch if she wished.

normally they are pretty good in the hutt, but as i said i think she was just over enthusiastic.

arm still a bit sore, but not much of a bruise thankfully.

oh well back to the rat race for me, i know i pretty much get paid to sit on my butt and just keep ppl company but its so boring, i would rather be at home doing nothing...lol at least that way i can potter around the place.

ooooh i think that's arterial blood gases... i think - not completely sure - yep they hurt!

i go on placement at a normal doctors practice after this one i'm currently doing. - so might learn to take bloods i hope? am scared as of hurting someone! it is so freaky cos you can't practise until you actually have to do it. argh - i know where you are coming from though - mike's had heaps of blood tests to ensure that his size etc isn't anything terrible or genetic (this was pre-kiddies) and he got a nurse once that went right through the other side of the vein!! one minute i said "are you ok?" The next all the colour drained from his face and we had to lie him down. bruised really badly!

I thought having nice high haemoglobin was good as it tends to decrease during pregnancy. The higer it is the easier it is for blood to clot after giving birth. So maybe im just guessing here if its abnormaly high maybe you would have risks of blood clots?

How are you doing today anyway sweets?

Hee hee i wont tell her but she might read this

Yeah it must be tough not being able to deal with things straight away. They offer you free counseling aye? Hopefully that will help you a bit.

haha Toni. That'll teach you for ignoring boring looking topics (eg TTFN)
Yeah, I am. But have decided not to continue. (btw, sorry for discussing this on here, not meaning to offend anyone who is anti)