Yesterday, the nurse from Klinik Desa in my village called and told me she had set up an appointment with a doctor at a gov clinic in Masjid Tanah. At this stage of waiting game, I was super lazy to go but still, I went coz B was around.hehe
Good thing I went coz finally my blood test result was ready.
I did one blood test in March and now in August I finally got to see it. Lama giler!
The result confirmed that I have Beta Thalassaemia Trait. What's that?
- Beta thalassemia affects the hemoglobin in the red blood cells.
- All red blood cells contain hemoglobin, which carries oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body. People with beta thalassemia do not make enough hemoglobin.
- People with beta thalassemia trait have both normal hemoglobin A and the abnormal beta thalassemia (β) hemoglobin in their red blood cells.
- Beta thalassemia is common in people of African, Mediterranean, Asian and Middle Eastern descent.
Well, that kinda explain my forever low HB reading. haha I was not surprised to know the result though because my cousin had a son with thalassaemia major. It runs in our blood. It's just that the result was kinda late after I consumed too many things that even to think about them make me nauseous =__='
Buttttt! Because of that the doc has ordered B to do some blood test today to make sure he's not a carrier like me.hahaha I hope he's not coz if he is.....our babies...you know....
It's true what people said. You get to know yourself better when you are pregnant.haha
