Blood work for TTC vegan in UK?

Question

Has anyone had any experience with getting their blood tested in the UK for iron, b12, calcium, etc? TTC and have been vegan for a year, and although I'm interested in nutrition and pretty sure I'm good, I can't help wondering! TIA

Answer

I'm in Ireland but I had several blood tests before and during pregnancy and everything always came back fine. Before I was pregnant I was taking some supplements (B complex, calcium, iron, inositol) and during pregnancy I was taking pregnancare. The reason I was taking the supplements beforehand was because I was using cronometer.com to log all my food and those were the nutrients I seemed to be consistently lacking in (and I read about taking inositol for PCOS). That website is great though. I would have been totally clueless about my personal nutrient needs without it. And you can add more suitable foods to your diet to help bring up your nutrient levels but I was taking the supplements as a short term solution while I figured out how to add them into my long term diet naturally.

Answer

But it's no harm to have the blood test. My GP said I should be getting them done annually anyway just as part of a routine check-up

Blood work for TTC vegan in UK?

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