bloods being taken during pregnancy

[HarrysMummy17]

Quick question.

My cousins is currently pregnant with 1st child.

She's petrified of needles and having bloods taken. She's fretting about bloods bring taken at her 28 week midwife appointment and wants to know if she can refuse.

Any thoughts?

Don't have a problem with needles but the sound of my blood leaving my body makes me vomit I've corrected this my covering my ears lol! Whatever gets you through!

Never noticed a sound before, urgh.

Had a blood test today in a boiling hot room. Didn't freak. I feel like a hero!

On the Vit d thing, apparently there was a surge in the incidence of rickets, which is now under control since Vit D was dished out on the nhs to expectant mums.
I strongly suspect that most people's diets will contain enough vit d but deficiency does seem linked to deprivation/ lower socio-economic classes and the availability of free vits (which are handed out at checking in) has gone a long way to helping.

(PS I live in scotland where we do not have a great amount of sunshine, so perhaps it is super-foisted upon us up here for that reason!)