Pregnancy — can I give blood? (Canadian Blood Services)
What is the waiting period for Pregnancy — can I give blood? (Canadian Blood Services)?
For Pregnancy, waiting period is 6 months; condition is after childbirth; while pregnant donors are not eligible; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is Canadian Blood Services, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
While pregnant, and for six months after childbirth, donors are not eligible to donate.
— blood.ca, retrieved 2026-08-06
6 months
How long you must wait before donating (or the age/weight bound), exactly as this blood service prints it — the passage it comes from is quoted on the record page. National services genuinely disagree on the same criterion; check the service you would donate with.
- Criterion
- Pregnancy
- Blood service
- Canadian Blood Services our reading
- Waiting period
- 6 months
- Condition
- after childbirth; while pregnant donors are not eligible
- Outcome
- temporary deferral our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
Source
- blood.cahttps://www.blood.ca/en/blood/am-i-eligible-donate-blood/eligibility