Petrified of having blood taken/injections

[chloemccx]

I feel really silly writing this..

I'm 8 weeks pregnant and feeling absolutely awful for around a week haven't been able to keep liquids or food down I went to an out of hours appt where I refused an injection the only reason i agreed to go to this appointment is because I knew they couldn't take blood. I was told if i didn't improve to see someone again, I haven't improved and tbh I don't know how much longer I can take this, the anti sickness tablets are barely taking the edge off. My partner is trying to hard to force me to see my GP but I'm refusing purely because I'm so so so prettified that they will want to inject me or take blood, I know this is pathetic to some people but I genuinely feel my heart go faster and get shaky even at the thought! I know this is something I'm not going to be able to completely avoid in pregnancy , but can anyone please offer any advice

I completely get where you're coming from - although I'm OK with injections, taking blood is another story. DH came with me for blood tests in pregnancy (I was lucky not to have any form of morning sickness), and the first time I still panicked, and didn't have them. I then saw a community midwife to ask what I needed to have and she started the discussion with 'you don't have to have anything'. I did have some tests - I used emla cream, and had DH plus two nurses there (the local surgery have been very good about this), and got through it. Have you tried emla cream? It numbs your skin - I appreciate it won't work for everyone, but it helped me.