To want blood for Christmas?

[lochnessmumster]

This is my second AIBU of the night so maybe I am but...
My wee one was born with rhesus disease and needed a transfusion in utero then a further 2 transfusions once she was born.
To cut a long story short, if other people hadn't given blood, my baby girl wouldn't have survived.
I can't give blood myself now because of the antibodies left from the whole rhesus thing so i asked only the really close relatives not to buy me a prezzie this year but to give blood instead.
So far no one has done it, not even her Dad, and i don't think they will.
Am I asking too much?

I've donated today!

My 28th donation. The staff were in festive fancy dress and it was all very jolly.

They still offered only the normal drinks afterwards though. My suggestion of mulled wine has been ignored again!

My DD received 35ml of packed red cells when she was 9 weeks prem, very tiny & anaemic. We owe so much to that less-than-two-tablespoons-full.

I am O RH-, "The Universal Donor" but I can no longer give blood due to health problems. It is so annoying. I have given 25 donations to date and am trying to persuade family members to take my place.

That's a fantastic idea, OP. They don't have to do it if they don't want to but it's certainly worth a suggestion.

I donated today as well and, yes, there was a warm, jolly atmosphere.

There was a 2 hours wait because I didn?t have a pre-booked appointment. So I registered, OK?d it with the receptionist and then went shopping. I bought my presents, cards etc. The best thing was that as I walked through the door they called my name, brilliant, I couldn?t have timed it better.

They had mince pies as well as biscuits and crisps. For some it?s a donation, for me it?s a meal out!

The reason why you can't give if you've had a recent transfusion is that there is no test for CJD so you might have contracted that through a transfusion and they'd never know.

Oh, well, I'd probably be ruled out, anyhow.

I've had sex, always protected, with a number of men whom I knew to be bi-sexual.

[rolls eyes]

I was so proud to give my 25th pint in late Oct or early Nov (forget which), and I tell everyone I can that they SHOULD give blood if they are healthy enough to do so.

But then needles don't bother me, and if I could sit up whilst donating, I would like to watch as it fascinates me.

I do find that donating is more difficult in the winter - my veins are a little shy, even though I am consciously and emotionally fine with donating, but my mum's veins were similar and it is something that runs in families, apparently.

If I could, I would donate a pint, OP.