HUGE RANT HERE!

Blood products. Do you know how hard and how long I had to argue to NOT have blood during my pregnancy? Sure, my iron's a bit low and I'm rhesus negative but I am NOT ILL and DO NOT need blood products! Is there anything in my blood to indicate I am killing my baby? You don't really want to test? Well I don't want your injection... oh, you'll test now after you and DH giving me an ear-bashing.

Then post-partum not only let in visitors but wait until one is there and demand I have an injection... no, I can't see my results, I can't know my baby's blood group, I'm having an injection.

THIS IS SOMEONE ELSE'S BLOOD! I don't want it! But no, you've got to have it. Even the JWs I know get someone trying to bully them about this in pregnancy. (For the record, I'm having my religion as JW if I'm ever in hospital for a pregnancy again to ensure that if this happens I can make the biggest stink in the world. At least that way no-one will raise an eyebrow if I tell them I'm reading my Bible during labour.)

Bloody awful system.