Hi ladies, I had my baby boy nearly 5 weeks ago by emergency c section, had some problems with blood pressure going high & low but before & during the op & lost around 800mls of blood I think. When they went to discharge me my
blood results were showing really high levels of protein, I think it was called crp but not sure. Anyway was telling the HIV last week how I was still feeling awful & she sent me for blood tests & still waiting on most of them to come back but my iron levels came back & they are 7 so is low. How will it be treated? Will I need a transfusion? How long before I feel normal?
Would you want a transfusion?
Basically I unit of blood should raise your Hb by 1gram - I would expect you to have three units based on that (we usually - slightly arbitrarily - transfuse to a Hb >10). Iron tablets will raise your Hb by 1g every 4 weeks (roughly). I imagine, unless you are very short of breath or have palpitations or dizziness, they will go with oral.
Don't worry about a CRP raises post operatively. C-Reactive protein is raised in infection, inflammation and after surgery.
Hope you feel better soon xxx