I know it's hard to see. But this was after we had to have blood drawn intravenously. I did file a…

Glad her levels are normal!

Anyways I'm not sure...dd goes to Kaiser and they recommend waiting till 1 years old for blood to be drawn. I hope you get to find out if this is common or not, I've never seen it(only seen bruises).

My paramedic friend said that it's a sign the tourniquet was left on too long. She still has some bruising. It's just bothered me because Raimi had bad dreams almost everyday for several days after. I'm scared she's traumatized:(

That is not ok, and yea that is a sign of a tourniquet being left on to long and way to tight!!! My sister bis a flabotimist and she said that is not called for and she would file a complaint for sure!

How much blood did they need?

Thank you @faith!! That's exactly what I needed to know. I'm still so mad about it. I called the office again today and they best call me back. If not, I'm gonna ride up there and show them this picture in person.

All they needed was a vile full I think. But the tech kept moving the needle around and my baby was screaming. Took her 10 minutes . That's how long my baby was panicking. Uncalled for

When Bladen was in the hospital on a pediatric floor they took blood from a foot prick, and they got 2 small vials of blood. The lady said she wanted to do it this way Cause that's what's best for babies and don't have to put a turniquet on and be forceful, cause the first thing they are ant to do is move their arm they can't be still like you and I!

I wish they had done it that way! They did a finger prick, but supposedly the requirements here are intravenous if lead comes back positive. It was not a pleasant experience and I'm really apprehensive in trusting the judgement of their vaccine choices now. I'm praying about what to do. That tech will never touch my baby again.

..and if the tourniquet was too tight for too long, the end result could have been really bad, according to our paramedic friend. When I learned that, I was piping hot.

I would at least file a complaint about it. They need to know how you feel about it so they can think twice about doing it again and thinking it's normal!

Faith is correct they can use the babies foot but some offices are use to tourniquets and needles. However, I'm a medical assistant we take blood all the time from all ages and having a tourniquet on for too long is no good and there is no excuse for bruising the skin. You could possibly have a bruise at the site of entry but it wouldn't look like that. You are right to file a complaint, and like the other momma said they should've taken it seriously!!!!!!

Thanks so much. I love getting yalls feedback. I waited a week to report because I figured it was routine. But the more I talked and googled. I'm still waiting for a call back from their manager. Ugh

How is your baby doing from all bruising? Hope she is better by now! :)

@sofia, thank you for checking! The bruises just went away this past week. Which makes me super happy!

Thats great!! Its specially awful for us as mom's to see our baby's in pain...we always wish we could suffer their pains, instead of them...!