9 tubes of blood!!!

[jerzygurl]

okay well ..im on the day 2 and 21 test thingermejig...

went for the day 2 tests and they lost some of it !!( it always happens)..i truly think they are selling it or making a clone of me!

then i go for the day 21s..i couldnt do it friday got the wobbly jellies and ( my husband standing there pulling wide eyed faces at the tubes she was pulling out didnt bloody help)...anddd i found out why monday when i went again

9 TUBES OF BLOOD!!! what in the name of god...i kept sitting there thinking okay this is goin on too long ( was looking at what she was doing)...my arm was goin numb..i was feeling faint..i started mumbling to myself like a mentalist to get through it and when she said all done i was like wth ..she said u feel abit urgh i said umm yeah ..she said people do but 9 tunes didnt help..NINE TUBESSSSSSSSSSSS!!

how many tubes is normal for these 21 days test things? i mean i know they lost my blood for one test last time but god..

Perhaps you were being tested for some other stuff too. They don't always make it clear and, in my experience, you have to ask the right questions. When I had my tests, I asked the nurse who took the blood to write down what I was being tested for. Why not give them a call and ask what tests they were running? Then you can spend the day Googling!

well update...i rang for test results n apparantly i was being tested for blood clotting profile or something? is lost and looking it up right now

She took 11 tubes on my 21 day thing.What's it all about??!

And I bet each tube gets sent to a different department where they each only use one drop. Can't they just share?!

That sounds about right for several of the clotting/immune profiles! If you ever have to go for the full "Chicago" tests, be warned, that's 17 vials! I always ask for a butterfly needle. Hurts less.

Sorry for late reply laides been lost in lalaland a lil bit..

@sterryerryoh oh good god girl!! 11??? what on earth was that for??

@Brassicababe..i wish theyd bloody sit round a share a tube like smarties lol

@bagsofHolly...i feel faint even reading 17 vials..gets wobbles...imma try stay clear of that for def!!

made me laugh how hubby said he had a headache that day n didnt know if he should go work but told me to run back to the car after having that done because of parking ticket...men!!

update anywways..all is fine..so thats good but leaves me wondering now wth is up 0_o

I work for the society of expressive punctuation. Please try and limit the number of exclamation marks you are using in one thread as we're heading for a serious shortage. 22 so far in this thread and it seems a bit greedy.

So, all tests fine?

How long have you been ttc?

my bad? smacks hand...im far to expressive arnt i :)

yep doc says all tests fine my side..which is good but then you wonder what issss going on

18 months trying ..fell twice both went to 12 weeks :(

hes now sent us to Fertility Clinic appointment is in Oct..im wondering why as we are falling just not staying...hubbys sample ??

It must be hard for you. It took me 14 months to conceive, had a miscarriage and then went on to conceive dd a few months later.

It's good that they're investigating. Of course there is still a significant chance that there is nothing wrong with either of you. And I know it's on the top 10 list of crap things people say (I heard it many times too), but the ability to get pregnant is a very, very good thing. That's half the battle. Sadly, the other half is just as hard but it does count for something. Has your dh's sample been looked at at all?

I am so sorry about your first two babies. I wasn't clear enough about that.

it has been hard..losing 2 lil ones and a mother in just over a year..but thankyou x

Oh i feel lucky they even took me seriously with my age etc.after the first scan where i learnt the lil one had died the doctor asked me did i really want it considering my age etc..thankfully i was numb at the time to truly realise how horrid the doc was being..so when we first went to the docs i thought they would just turn me away..

Hubbys sample was checked..and Doc gave us the results didnt say if they were okay just that it wasnt his field and now we have a fertility clinic appointment..ive tried to look up and im sure they dont look good.. :(

The Doctor said they would probably retest hubby at the clinic..so we shall see?

Im being positive tho ..with my age and if hubbys swimmers arnt good its pretty amazing we ever fell..once let alone twice right ?

:)

oh and hun..im so sorry for your loss..but congrats also must of been a magical day :)

That doctor sounds like an utter prick. You deserved better than that.

You lost your mum too? I'm so sorry. I was listening to a R2 show yesterday about losing a parent and the grief was palpable. It doesn't lessen as a feeling. What a shocking time you're having.

I'll keep an eye out on here for how things go in October. Wait and see what an expert has to say.

Yes, you getting pregnant twice (at any age with even the spectre of fertility issues) is absolutely amazing.

I wish you a lot of luck.

Thank you. DD is a bit special.

He most definatey was insensitive to say the least

Yes i lost mum in the feb09 baby 1 in aug 09 ( who was due the day mum died )and baby 2 this year in may to say ive been numb and lost is an understatement but life goes on with or without us and i carry all 3 with me i just have a mum and 2 baby shaped holes in my heart x

Im staying positive and will keep updating

Thankyou for good wishes :) x