The 12 month blood work...

[TrudyCampbell]

We did ours today (we requested it early for multiple reasons). It was awful! 3 vials from her arm! I don't even want to talk about it  . I was expecting a heel prick! 

[Faevantastic]

Poor V! I am not looking forward to this.

[laurack]

oh no! that sounds terrible. I don't want to do that to my baby. Even the prick in the leg for the vaccines, it kills me every time even though she only cries for about 10 seconds. But her face, so confused and sad . Waaaahhh

[laurack]

How long did it take her to recover? Was it fast like with shots? I am dreading this

[TrudyCampbell]

Jan 28, 2013 9:52:13 GMT -5 laurack said:

How long did it take her to recover? Was it fast like with shots? I am dreading this

She seemed to bounce back pretty quickly. She did better than me!

[Deleted]

What is this blood work for? We don't have it where I live.

[rubber pants]

VIALS of blood? yikes!

[katie]

Oh man, I am hoping this is better than when she was first born. I know she is older so I hope that helps but they had difficulties finding her little vein in her arms. She had blood taken a lot in the hospital.

[TrudyCampbell]

Jan 28, 2013 9:54:19 GMT -5 @adub09 said:

What is this blood work for? We don't have it where I live.

It's standard at my pedi. It was for a CBC w/diff (complete blood count), iron, lead and maybe something else that I'm forgetting

[rainbowchip]

When Dylan had his it was a finger prick that dripped into 2 little vial things. I don't think the prick itself bothered him but he was pissed that we were holding him down to fill the vials.

[lolaburns]

Oh man! Poor V! Poor you. I'm not looking forward to this. I'll probably faint.


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[Regina Philange]

Oh man! Didn't even know we ha to do this at 12 months. Glad she handled it well though.

[bebeetmoi]

Whhhaaattt?! They told us it would be just a prick!

[nls0412]

Oh man. This made my stomach turn just thinking about it. Ryan will for sure have to come to that appt. I won't be able to handle it.

[orriskitten]

So sorry it was so hard on you! I thought finger pricks were standard for 9/12 months? Our pedi did it at 9 months in the office., like rainbow, she was more pissed at her finger being held so they could fill the little vials.

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[ruby412]

Agh, I'm totally dreading this! How did you hold her still while they were doing it??

[wildcatprincess]

A lot of places do the stick now because it's a much better specimen. A huge percent of the time heel or finger stick specimens we get have to be redone because there's either not enough or the specimen came too slow and is clotted. If it makes you feel any better a venipuncture hurts way less than a finger stick (heel sticks shouldn't be done at this age if a child is standing or walking). I let new phlebs practice sticks on me all the time, but there's no way I let anyone do a finger prick!

I remember when DD had hers done she stopped crying after the initial stick and was looking around the room, then she looked down and saw the needle still in her arm and started crying again lol. I told her it couldn't hurt too bad if she didn't remember it was there.

[TrudyCampbell]

bebeetmoi- they sent us to the lab for it so maybe it's something different?

ruby412- I made my H hold her down. I couldn't do it! We went at 7am this morning just so he could come. He was thrilled, lol.

wildcatprincess- you're right about the pain factor- finger prick is way worse than arm. I also used to let newbies practice with my veins all the time! And I didn't even think about the clotting. That makes sense and now I feel a little better about the venipuncture.

[creamsiclechica]

Poor V! I am not looking forward to this at all. Matt comes to every appointment to hold her for shots while I sob anyway. And when she had that febrile seizure, they had to draw blood in the hospital, and I had to leave the room and wail outside because I almost fainted. Ugh, it's so hard being a mom sometimes! Good news, it's all done for V and she got over it quick. What a brave girl!

[spaghetticat]

Sucks, right? We had to take V for allergy bloodwork and the only time te blood would come out was when she cried. It took far too long for me. Glad Violet recovered quickly!

[melis74]

What?! I didn't know this was going to happen. I can't even imagine getting M to hold still long enough for all of that. She has her 9 month appt tomorrow, I am definitely asking about this. I'm glad it's over for her now, I'm sure it sucked for you both!

[TrudyCampbell]

Jan 28, 2013 11:04:05 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

aw.

And man, I don't look forward to this. J HAAATES the pedi. It's worse every time. She would not even let me put her on the table last week.

This happens to us too! I'm like, how are you already smart enough to remember this place lol.