Antenatal Blood Tests - 1st Visit
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Topic: Antenatal Blood Tests - 1st Visit
Posted By: yermasyada
Subject: Antenatal Blood Tests - 1st Visit
Date Posted: 22 July 2009 at 1:40pm
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Hi x
I've just got the result back from my blood tests and I'm sure they're all fine (otherwise the nurse would have called me) but I'm just curious to what they mean. I was expecting to see my progesterone levels, but that hasn't been included. Obviously the negative syphillis and hep b are quite straight forward, but these are the one's I'm curious about: Haemoglobin: 115 g/l (100-150) Packed Cell Volume: 0.36 l/l (0.31-0.46) Mean Cell Volume: 86 fl (80-99) Mean Cell Haemoglobin: 28pg (27-33) White Cell Count: 6.78 b/l (4.0-15) Neutrophil Seg: 3.47 b/l (3.4-10.5) Lymphocyte: 2.84 b/l (1.4-3.2) Basophil: 0.02 b/l (0-0.2) Eosinophil: 0.06 b/l (0-0.5) Monocyte: 0.39 b/l (0-1) Platelet Count: 274 b/l (150-400) I'm guessing the the numbers in brackets are what's considered 'normal range' ? Milliemoo |
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 22 July 2009 at 2:23pm
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Its not routinue to do hcg (pregnancy hormone). These are usually only done if u have had previous mc's, and you need to have more than one test to see if the number is increasing as it should be.
These tests are done as a baseline at beginning of pregnancy, so that tests later on can be compared to them if needed. All the results you listed are a breakdown of all the things that are tested on a general full blood count test. The tests are not done specifically for pregnacy, the only thing the midwife will really be interested in is checking your Haemoglobin- as this can be affected if your iron levels get too low as they often do in preg- and will also drop after labour depending on the ammount of blood lost. The white cell count is the total number of white cells in your blood (the cells that fight infection) and the Neutrophils, lymphocytes, basinophils, monocytes and eosinophils are types of white blood cells. Platelets help to clot your blood. Yep the numbers in brackets are the normal range. |
Posted By: yermasyada
Date Posted: 22 July 2009 at 2:36pm
Wow, thanks for the super informative reply 
Milliemoo |
Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 22 July 2009 at 3:40pm
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Packed Cell Volume is something to do with the bloods oxygenation levels (or ability to be oxygenated?). Thats the only one I can help with beyond Kellz' explanation. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Febgirl
Date Posted: 22 July 2009 at 3:45pm
Yep, all your results are within the normal range given in brackets so all good!  ------------- Two little girls under 2! 
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Posted By: bun_in_the_oven
Date Posted: 22 July 2009 at 11:15pm
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you can have the "normal" stamp !!!
no cause for concern there hoping for a happy and healthy 9 months 
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Posted By: yermasyada
Date Posted: 23 July 2009 at 3:42pm
It's not often I'm described as "normal" 
Milliemoo |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 23 July 2009 at 7:36pm
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i was totally the same when i was first pregnant i looked and looked trying to figure out what it meant and stuff:) hehe.. all looks good:)if it wasnt they would tell you ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |