Hi all
I’m nearly 17 weeks pregnant and I’ve had some blood tests from GP recently including the following:
Red blood cell (RBC) 3.78 - just* *under normal threshold
Haematocrit 0.348 L/L - also under normal threshold
Mean corpusc. Hb. conc. (MCHC) - 358 g/L which is at the very top of normal, 2 off being too high (also linked to types of anaemia)
Serum ferritin 75 which I think is ok?
These levels were all middle of normal pre-pregnancy. I have been taking pregnancy supplement which includes iron (which I didn’t before pregnancy).
The GP/clinician’s written comment against the results is “Abnormal - no action as not significant”
Anyone any good at reading these results or has had similar during pregnancy? I’m not sure if it’s normal or I should be supplementing iron more now so it doesn’t keep dropping and then become a problem. My vitamin D is also nearly below normal, and was really good pre-pregnancy.
I’ll contact GP but prepared for them to brush it off to be honest. I’ve already had problems with my thyroid and want to be as careful as possible.
Thanks!