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Re: Blood transfusion during or after birth?

From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 4 Jun 2001 15:54:34 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Jason wrote: >
>Hello. I am 32 weeks pregnant and my iron is low and is staying that way no matter what my doctor and I do. He mentioned at my check up today that there is a possibility of needing a transfusion (as he said it is very very low-the numbers I can't remember). He said this can be done during or after birth. My question is this: What are the side effects (if any) during this? And is this something that is usually done when iron levels are very low and extra iron isn't doing the trick? Is it usually done during labor, the pushing stage, or after the baby is born? Just so you know, the pregnancy is going great and there are no other complications.
>Thank you,
>Jennifer

I was anemic all the way through my pregnancy and had to have a transfusion after birth. I imagine that they will only give you one if you lose a significant amount of blood and suffer symptoms of being anemic. For me, I was passing out. The risks, as they were explained to me, are the risks of contracting a disease (hepatitis, HIV, etc., but it is a very small risk), the risks of an allergic reaction (they give you benadryl at the time of the transfusion to counteract this) and the risk of fever. (They give you tylenol to counteract this. I really don't think they'll give you a transfusion until you've lost blood. If you needed it before then, they would give it to you now, wouldn't you think. I was really scared when I had mine, but I'm so glad I did--it made me feel much better.

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