Comments on: 25th week prenatal appointment updates and brain dump. http://www.harvestofdailylife.com/25th-week-prenatal-appointment-updates-and-brain-dump/ because real life requires real people ... and cast iron stomachs some days! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:40:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Karen http://www.harvestofdailylife.com/25th-week-prenatal-appointment-updates-and-brain-dump/comment-page-1/#comment-19832 Karen Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:07:21 +0000 http://www.harvestofdailylife.com/?p=2730#comment-19832 Look in the yellow pages and see if there is a Any Test Lab in your area. It is a lab where you can walk in and request any type of lab work without having to have a doctor's orders. There is one in Phoenix, and I know there is one in Atlanta, too. So, maybe there is one near you. If not, call some labs and ask if they have to have a doctor's orders to get a blood type test done. Otherwise, if he gives blood, even at a blood-mobile type thing, they will give him a donor card that has his blood type on it. <abbr><em>Karens last blog post..<a href="http://fabgrandma.blogspot.com/2009/03/la-paz-county-fair.html" rel="nofollow">The La Paz County Fair</a></abbr></em> Look in the yellow pages and see if there is a Any Test Lab in your area. It is a lab where you can walk in and request any type of lab work without having to have a doctor’s orders. There is one in Phoenix, and I know there is one in Atlanta, too. So, maybe there is one near you. If not, call some labs and ask if they have to have a doctor’s orders to get a blood type test done.

Otherwise, if he gives blood, even at a blood-mobile type thing, they will give him a donor card that has his blood type on it.

Karens last blog post..The La Paz County Fair

]]> By: Donna B. http://www.harvestofdailylife.com/25th-week-prenatal-appointment-updates-and-brain-dump/comment-page-1/#comment-19776 Donna B. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:54:43 +0000 http://www.harvestofdailylife.com/?p=2730#comment-19776 The blood bank will certainly type his blood - it would be useless if they didn't! Whether they will tell him or not, I don't know. I cannot see any reason why they would not. He might be a universal donor like I am -- O neg -- or he might be a really rare blood type they'd really like to keep track of. It seems to me that N's blood type is valuable information that should be known before a decision is made. I'm trying to remember how we knew my husband was O+. <abbr><em>Donna B.s last blog post..<a href="http://opiningonline.com/2009/03/10/ive-been-living-in-the-real-world/" rel="nofollow">I’ve Been Living In The Real World</a></abbr></em> The blood bank will certainly type his blood – it would be useless if they didn’t! Whether they will tell him or not, I don’t know. I cannot see any reason why they would not. He might be a universal donor like I am — O neg — or he might be a really rare blood type they’d really like to keep track of.

It seems to me that N’s blood type is valuable information that should be known before a decision is made. I’m trying to remember how we knew my husband was O+.

Donna B.s last blog post..I’ve Been Living In The Real World

]]> By: Talina http://www.harvestofdailylife.com/25th-week-prenatal-appointment-updates-and-brain-dump/comment-page-1/#comment-19770 Talina Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:16:53 +0000 http://www.harvestofdailylife.com/?p=2730#comment-19770 <p>Donna B. » </p> Yep, they don't even care what N's blood type is and sadly we still don't know it. If he were rh- the shot is <strong>not</strong> needed. You are understanding it perfectly correct they are just okay with giving it (and I suspect billing for it) in all cases. They say it is to make sure nobody slips through the cracks but I feel like it is more about laziness or income rather than about anybody's well being. They don't even care if we don't know his blood type and <strong>they should</strong> be referring us to someone who can draw his blood and find out his status before recommending anything. I would love to stop in at the local blood bank and have him donate some blood, if they'll tell us his blood type/ rh factor. Donna B. »

Yep, they don’t even care what N’s blood type is and sadly we still don’t know it. If he were rh- the shot is not needed. You are understanding it perfectly correct they are just okay with giving it (and I suspect billing for it) in all cases. They say it is to make sure nobody slips through the cracks but I feel like it is more about laziness or income rather than about anybody’s well being.

They don’t even care if we don’t know his blood type and they should be referring us to someone who can draw his blood and find out his status before recommending anything. I would love to stop in at the local blood bank and have him donate some blood, if they’ll tell us his blood type/ rh factor.

]]> By: Donna B. http://www.harvestofdailylife.com/25th-week-prenatal-appointment-updates-and-brain-dump/comment-page-1/#comment-19769 Donna B. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:06:44 +0000 http://www.harvestofdailylife.com/?p=2730#comment-19769 They give the rhogam to ALL rh- mothers? Even when the father is r- too? Now that's a crock unless I totally misunderstand the possibility of two - having a + baby. Maybe the "sub" doc you see next time will be more willing to answer questions. <abbr><em>Donna B.s last blog post..<a href="http://opiningonline.com/2009/03/10/ive-been-living-in-the-real-world/" rel="nofollow">I’ve Been Living In The Real World</a></abbr></em> They give the rhogam to ALL rh- mothers? Even when the father is r- too? Now that’s a crock unless I totally misunderstand the possibility of two – having a + baby.

Maybe the “sub” doc you see next time will be more willing to answer questions.

Donna B.s last blog post..I’ve Been Living In The Real World

]]>