Aww that's awful. I'm glad they don't do that here. 😩

@rodriguez13 oh yeah some do it that way. they put the band around his arm and took it from his arm like when we get our blood drawn for the trimester blood test

Maybe. I mean they checked his levels but just with A prick

@mv92 weird. maybe my wic people are just assholes. and want to put my kid through pain. My mom said she had to get mine and my siblings blood drawn too when she was getting WIC. And that was a long time ago my brother is 28 im 19 going on 20 and my sister is 14. maybe it is a cali thing. i googled it and people have done it too

@rodriguez13 maybe. Its to really check for anemia. Maybe cause I was anemic during my pregnancy with him

Yes I never heard anywhere doing that for wic. Your the first maybe it's just a cali thing.

I never get that done and still get WiC

@mz_young its a hard thing mama. pinning my son down to get it drawn was sooo hard

yea we dont give blood in Ohio either. but it would be nice to get her tested for allergies once she's that age

Did you have low iron during pregnancy?

@rodriguez13 really? Thats weird. Our clinic does it.

Yes I get all the regular food too but they don't make us give blood.

they lost my poor babies blood😡 They said hes gonna have to do it again if they cant find it but its on high priority find

@mz_young @rodriguez13 WIC takes blood when baby is 1 because they need to know if they have low iron and if their allergic to anything so they know what to start giving on your babys checks since their no longer on formula. Once their 1 years old they get regular food like we did when we were pregnant. The drs take a full tube of blood like when we get our 1st trimester blood draw.

Your wic makes you get blood that's crazy😳

why do they need blood?