Terrified of blood test

I don’t think there’s any numbing cream for blood test 🤔 maybe you can just grab on something, look away and close your eyes. Blood test is unavoidable during pregnancy and not trying to scare you, there could be multiple blood drawn for blood test. I was poke three thrice continuously because need a few tubes of blood. Just take a deep breath and you can do it. Don’t worry!! It is very fast and will be over in less than a minute or so.

Hi dear, one of the nurses once shared with me a helpful tip — drink plenty of water before your blood test. It helps to plump up your veins, so when the nurse draws blood, it’s less painful. I tried it myself and it really worked. Another trick is to look away and chat with the nurse to distract yourself. Like the other mummies have said, there will be quite a few blood tests, but they’re all necessary and manageable. You’ve got this!

Unfortunately its unavoidable and you should expect to get even more intrusive blood tests and vaccinations as your pregnancy progresses and even post that. I find that reading up on the types of tests I have coming up helps me prepare mentally

I'm also scared of taking blood tests. What I did was I play with my phone to distract myself when the nurse is drawing blood. Don't look and breathe. It works for me.

there will be quite a few blood tests once you're getting closer to 20weeks

Then how you gonna give birth hahaha