It's time for the 1 year blood test for my daughter. We chose not to vaccinate so she has no experience with needles and the doctor visit is always a "fun" thing to her.
Where to do they draw from? How much to do they need to take to do a full blood profile?
2007-02-19 03:07:50 · 11 answers · asked by mediamanmail 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
Alright...ease up everyone. Especially you Zeke. This isn't your forum or soapbox to berate me for not vaccinating, YET. You're all so quick to judge.
We will vaccinate when we're ready, for specific reasons, and for what we choose. Give me 5 good reasons to vaccinate for Hepatitis when shes not going to do IV drugs or have sex and it wares off before she ever will!! Why pump her with chicken pox!!?? WHY!? She may still get it and no one of normal heath dies from it.
It's not all black and white. I'm not some 20 year old as you put it. I'll make the decisions for my child with love just as you. Yo don't know me, my background, my daughter health or situation enough to judge me.
I didn't ask this question to talk about this. So, please keep the answers to my initial question. Thanks to everyone who has...great answers so far and I feel better about taking her to get the blood drawn already.
2007-02-19 04:01:42 · update #1
If they need to test for lead (if your house is an older house they do), then they will draw blood from the arm with a small needle. My son handled it better than vaccinations but it was not fun by any means. If there is no order for a lead test, then they can get the blood from a finger or toe prick. This is according to my pediatrician and the order is going through Quest labs.
2007-02-19 03:34:34 · answer #1 · answered by Wendy F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12 month olds due get a blood test. Usually, children can be tested for lead poisoning at this age which requires a venipuncture or needle blood draw. Second, the next test is for Anemia and that is tested by a finger stick. They check the child's hemoglobin to make sure they are not Anaemic. Children are very susceptible to Anemia at this age that is why it is tested. All kids get it and yours will be just fine, don't worry. It is no worse than getting shots! Hang in there and good luck
2016-05-24 08:59:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
one year blood test? do you mean a routine physical exam? the amount of blood drawn is more than a ball point pen cartridge worth, about the size of the ink wick inside a skinny magic marker. Your daughter will be just fine. You will probably freak more than she will. Why do I say this? Because, uh, hullo? you "chose" not to vaccinate? Are you nuts? the reason you don't ever remember any of your friends or classmates dying from polio or measels or mumps or whooping cough (the list goes on) is because you and everyone around you was vaccinated. forget the lunatics who claim that vaccinations "cause" austism. Austism really sucks, it really does, I have dear friends with an austistic son. Austism is not 'caused' by vaccines. You are playing Russian Roulette with your daughter's life. All kinds of things we previously thought were "gone" are coming back. Have you ever been around someone who was lucky enough to survive childhood polio? I have, it ain't fun. Their whole life is affected forever. Those folks grew up in the days before the Salk vaccine for polio (yes I'm probably old enough to be your mom, OK?). Since that vaccine came into being, the instances of polio in the major developed countries fell to practically zero. Polio is on a resurgence, tho, because folks are traveling from third-world countries without effective public health systems (the govt clinics where you get vaccinated). That, and the new-age twenty-somethings with their precious little children who they 'chose' not to vaccinate.
2007-02-19 03:53:59 · answer #3 · answered by Zeke 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
First - vaccinate your daughter. The risk to her from the diseases that the vaccinations prevent is enormous compared to the risk from the vaccine. You work hard to provide good food, a safe environment, etc. for her, right? Why conciously let her run the risk of rubella, measles, smallpox, and other diseases?
OK, about the blood work: For my son, they drew it out of his arm on the inside of the elbow, just like they do for adults. I held him in my lap, and the nurse was able to draw blood without causing him any pain or upset. He watched the whole time, and didn't cry at all afterwards. They drew only 1 syringe worth, I think, but it was a long time ago - he's a teenager now.
2007-02-19 03:14:18 · answer #4 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
When my son was 1 year old they took blood from 3 of his fingers. They prick the finger and squeeze enough blood to fill 2 small vials. You will have to hold your daughter on your lap and she will cry quite a bit. But once its over they give them a little finger puppet and the smiles come out!
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2016-05-01 01:30:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've got to say: How could you put your daughter at such a risk for terrible sickness, permanent disabilities from such sickness that could last a lifetime and possibly death because you don't vaccinate?! You really shouldn't believe those who claim such things as autism comes from vaccination. The truth is, those claims are unfounded and the risk of horrible disease, injury from them and/or death is much greater from not vaccinating than getting anything from the vaccines themselves.
Nonetheless, the draw blood from a 12-month-old the same way the draw blood from you. The wrap the tourniquet and puncture a vein in her arm, where she bends it. She will sit on your lap and you will need to get a firm grip in case she squirms. They may ask someone to distract her. I believe they are looking for lead content and something else I can't remember. I don't think they are going for a full blood profile. It's necessary, but it isn't easy for either of you--just like vaccination.
My son teared up and I think was about ready to cry when his daddy appeared in the doorway. (He was getting blood drawn, too, in another room.) The tech was so amazed at how well he did, that my son got his first lollipop.
2007-02-19 03:19:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I thought they drew from a prick on the heel with infants under two. But I could be wrong. Just call the doctors office and ask, Iam sure each office has a different practice anyway.
2007-02-19 03:10:44 · answer #8 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
When my daughter was a year old she had to have blood taken. The pricked her thumb and squeezed it out. Not very pleasant. Good luck!
2007-02-19 03:15:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
they used a butterfly needle on my child,
its esp for infants.
vaccination is a lot less painful then the diseases you may get later on. esp things like polio, that can cripple a child.
2007-02-19 03:17:20 · answer #10 · answered by papeche 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋