# Pregnancy — Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

For Pregnancy, blood service is Canadian Blood Services; waiting period is 6 months; condition is after childbirth; while pregnant donors are not eligible; outcome is temporary deferral, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Criterion:** Pregnancy
- **Blood service:** Canadian Blood Services _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period:** 6 months
- **Condition:** after childbirth; while pregnant donors are not eligible
- **Outcome:** temporary deferral _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> While pregnant, and for six months after childbirth, donors are not eligible to donate.

## Source

- https://www.blood.ca/en/blood/am-i-eligible-donate-blood/eligibility

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2027-02-02.
Part of [Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services](https://referencesource.org/blood-donor-deferral-criteria/).