https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 21:18:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811489 Mon, 27 May 2013 17:31:22 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 811489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a big fat wuss. I want to cry and sometimes I get lightheaded and feel faint.</p> <p>I had so much blood drawn during fertility treatments and throughout pregnancy that ingot used to it. I didn't have any blood work done until this past Spring, and I'm back to Big Fat Wuss status!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811466 Mon, 27 May 2013 17:02:49 +0000 yin 811466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My veins are easy to find, and I don't mind getting my blood drawn. I just hate it when I bruise, which happened a lot in my first pregnancy every time I had blood drawn. I have lucked out this time and come out bruise free. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811459 Mon, 27 May 2013 16:51:16 +0000 MamaBehr 811459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kind of like getting blood drawn! I like the flow out of my arm and the bubbles it makes as it mixes with whatever is in the bottom of the vile. I am weird, I know. hahaha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811447 Mon, 27 May 2013 16:43:43 +0000 Dandelion 811447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no problems with it. I have no fear of needles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811443 Mon, 27 May 2013 16:41:08 +0000 Pirouette 811443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sometimes feel like I'm going to pass out during it, but have found that it happens when I have to do a fasting test...I hate those so much!!! I dread getting blood drawn but always chug water before so my veins are easier to find! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811439 Mon, 27 May 2013 16:40:12 +0000 StbHisMrs 811439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm ok with it, I try not to look though. I have "great" veins, so it's normally pretty quick. With M's birth the nurse I had was the first and only to ever complain and it took her forever, they brought in a different nurse and she went on and on about how I'm the perfect person for blood draws and IV's... lovely. </p> <p>I'm a chicken when it comes to shots though, hate them. I use to give them to my goats and horses no problem, but I cringe when it's my turn. They stalled my labor and gave me a shot for M's lungs and then magnesium sulfate, those were the absolute worst!!! To make matters worse one of them, I can't remember which) was in my @ss, the other my leg. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811401 Mon, 27 May 2013 16:02:22 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 811401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to be the worst! When we first started TTC I would cry and DH would have to come with me and I had to lay down. After all I've been through, now it's pretty much a breeze. I still don't look though! If it's someone taking my blood who hasn't done it before, I always tell them I'm not good with it, so they're extra careful! </p> <p>Now getting a shot....that's another thing! Def. made a huge a$Z of myself a few weeks ago when I had to get RH shot. (In the a$Z as a matter of fact.) Luckily DH happened to be at that appointment and was in there with me. I cried and snotted all over the place! But you know what, it wasn't "that" bad. I must be growing up or something.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811328 Mon, 27 May 2013 14:56:19 +0000 MrsScallop 811328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: Oh I know! You probably know this, but it really depends on where you do it. If anyone goes for my finger tip, I tell them to do the side of my finger where more blood vessels and less nerves are. It isn't so bad that way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811327 Mon, 27 May 2013 14:55:26 +0000 pui 811327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Leialou: Ugh that sounds awful!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811326 Mon, 27 May 2013 14:54:21 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 811326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had my blood drawn so much it doesn't really phase me anymore. One time they took 9 vials and I almost passed out. That wasn't fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811324 Mon, 27 May 2013 14:48:55 +0000 runsyellowlites 811324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsScallop: Gah I HATE finger sticks! seriously.. I would let our new techs practice blood draws on me before volunteering for a finger stick! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811323 Mon, 27 May 2013 14:47:24 +0000 lilteacherbee 811323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh gosh, I used to HATE it. Like I would throw a fit and cry like a baby. Then I got pregnant and had a miscarriage last year. Even though I had a D&amp;C, it took 2 months for my hcg levels to get back to 0, so I had to have my blood drawn once a week. I got over it. Now that I'm pregnant again, I'm so used to it. It takes them FOREVER to find a vein. I usually require at least 3 sticks because I have tiny veins that "roll." I guess it's glad that I'm over it now because I'm usually there for 20 minutes with the nurse trying to get some blood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811322 Mon, 27 May 2013 14:46:51 +0000 MrsScallop 811322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't say I love it, but it doesn't bother me too much as long as I look away while someone else is doing it. I have had to jab myself in the finger in front of an undergrad lab class several times now, though, to demonstrate how to collect a blood sample. Those experiences have made me more used to the idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811320 Mon, 27 May 2013 14:45:34 +0000 Sapphiresun 811320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm usually pretty pro. I've done lots for various reasons and am never bothered by it.<br /> However, I had to do a fasting one where they took like 8 vials in my first trimester and they blew the vein and had to switch to the other arm and when they poked it in, I passed out, woke up and threw up. Supposedly pregnant veins are harder to find/get blood out of. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811316 Mon, 27 May 2013 14:42:11 +0000 SweetMamaM 811316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm fine with it, but apparently my veins are harder to get to than normal. That can be a fun time with an inexperienced phlebotomist :-p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811309 Mon, 27 May 2013 14:38:26 +0000 pui 811309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I keep my eyes squeezed shut and I do my best not see any blood... still makes me anxious lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811306 Mon, 27 May 2013 14:37:23 +0000 Mrs.Someone 811306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, I always have issues too because my veins are hard to find. I try and eat a granola bar right before, and lie down while they're doing the draw. Hope you're feeling better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811305 Mon, 27 May 2013 14:37:22 +0000 Foodnerd81 811305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm fine with having blood drawn, but I can look. As long as I'm looking away, I'm fine. </p> <p>I could never draw my own though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811298 Mon, 27 May 2013 14:26:17 +0000 runsyellowlites 811298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aww! Eat something yummy &amp; try some juice!</p> <p>I'm fine with blood draws, used to be a phlebotomist so I've done my own draws on more than one occasion. (I know, I'm weird. lol) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-blood-taken#post-811293 Mon, 27 May 2013 14:21:04 +0000 pui 811293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Who else hates it? I just got some blood drawn and not only do needles already make me anxious, but they had to take blood from both my arms and now I feel all light headed and woozy! Bleh.</p> <p>My DH hates needles and usually ends up throwing up after getting them.</p> <p>How do you react to getting blood drawn? </p>