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‘Abnormal’ full blood count at Booking

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BeeMakesTea · 08/12/2020 11:59

Hi, just wondering if anyone can shed any light from their experience or if I should contact my midwife. I’m currently 18+5 weeks.

All my pregnancy notes are online and I was having a look through the other day out of curiosity. I noticed that for my blood test results it said ‘Booking - FBC: abnormality detected’. I clicked on it and the results it gave were:
Haemoglobin- 134
Platelets- 347.0
White blood count- 11.7

But I can’t find much online about what is normal and what about the above numbers is the abnormality.

I’ve already had my 16 week midwife appointment (before I noticed this) and she didn’t raise anything, and I’ve had no other letters or contact from the hospital to suggest an issue. I’m not due to see my midwife now until February when I’ll be 28 weeks, so just wondering if anyone had any advice/ experience, or if I should contact the midwife ahead of my 28 week appointment?

Thanks.

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ShalomToYouJackie · 08/12/2020 12:05

The haemoglobin and platelets look fine but I think the white blood count is a little high and 4.5-10.5 is normal but white blood cells can be higher in pregnancy as your body is under a lot of pressure or you could've been fighting off an infection at the time.

Although I'm not medically trained and if you're worried you should text your midwife.

I'm 18+6 today so we are v close!

BeeMakesTea · 09/12/2020 09:24

Thanks @ShalomToYouJackie that’s good to know. Sounds like it’s only a little high but I might ask my midwife just to be on the safe side.
Ah another early May baby- congrats!

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