Low Haemoglobin

Yesterday was not a tremendous day all in all and when Anna finally got home at around 8:00PM she was completely exhausted. Amy had vomited almost her entire 5PM feed which meant having just done her cares Anna had to completely change her again. Additionally we learned yesterday that Amelia's haemoglobin is quote low and to remedy this she needed a small blood transfusion last night.

The red blood cells carry oxygen around the body using a particular protein called haemoglobin. Anaemia means that either the level of red blood cells or the level of haemoglobin is lower than normal. This means the red blood cells have to work harder to get oxygen around the body. This condition is actually very common in women and babies, especially premature ones.

This is all treated as very routine and in fact preemies can have several transfusions during the time of their care we're told. Anna will be calling in later this morning with the results of that and today's weigh-in.