Hi all,
Have been searching the internet and hope to have found a helpful forum here.
My baby is just over 3 weeks old and after birth they took blood and decided that his blood level was slightly low (not overly, but just a little lower than normal). I am A+ and my other half is O-. They ended up giving us folic acid and we have been doing it ever since daily. We went back for another blood test and after a lot of hassle and me calling the hospital and them telling me that it looks normal in terms of hemoglobin levels, we went for another appointment at the doctors who have now told us that the levels have dropped further. They mentioned anemia, but i really dont know much about it and what effect it has long or short term?
They are going to get us to a specialist by the sounds of it. I wasnt at the doctors being at work so i'm hearing it second hand from my partner. It all sounds rather worrying. Has anybody else been in the same situation and knows what the next few steps would be?
Thanks in advance.
Have been searching the internet and hope to have found a helpful forum here.
My baby is just over 3 weeks old and after birth they took blood and decided that his blood level was slightly low (not overly, but just a little lower than normal). I am A+ and my other half is O-. They ended up giving us folic acid and we have been doing it ever since daily. We went back for another blood test and after a lot of hassle and me calling the hospital and them telling me that it looks normal in terms of hemoglobin levels, we went for another appointment at the doctors who have now told us that the levels have dropped further. They mentioned anemia, but i really dont know much about it and what effect it has long or short term?
They are going to get us to a specialist by the sounds of it. I wasnt at the doctors being at work so i'm hearing it second hand from my partner. It all sounds rather worrying. Has anybody else been in the same situation and knows what the next few steps would be?
Thanks in advance.