How do you prepare yourself before donating blood?

eat well and no alcoholic beverages and make sure you get plenty of fluids. do not be afraid for it will be a little stick and then you are on your way to saving a life. also if you can get a driver to help you go home. sometimes vomiting may occur and dizziness but it will subside. good luck and thank you for giving!

Plenty of oral fluids. No recreational Drugs and alcohol before donation. Be sure if you are the right age and weight. Eat three hours before donation. Dont donate if you are having cough or any infectious disease. If you feel your extremities getting cold while donation ask a blanket and let the nurses check your Blood Pressure. If you are taking any pill that makes blood thinner, stop it before 3 days.Make sure the place wherein you are donating uses all aseptic precautions. And yes always remember to get the donation card. And Relax, its a very safe procedure.

Yes, a Jehovah's Witness might choose to donate blood if he could restrict its use to godly purposes. Again, as a religion, Jehovah's Witnesses do not entirely disallow all blood donations. In harmony with the bible (especially Acts 15:20,28,29), Jehovah's Witnesses reject transfusions of whole blood and the four primary components which approximate "blood". However, an individual Witness is likely to accept a targeted treatment for a targeted need. The religion tolerates the use of minor blood fractions derived from plasma, platelets, and/or red/white blood cells, and presumably these would come from blood donations. "Our Kingdom Ministry" of November, 2006 (pages 3,4) [quote] Of course, many fractions are derived from blood that has been donated for medical purposes. Each Christian should make a conscientious decision as to whether he or she will accept or will reject the medical use of these substances. ...Although [Jehovah's Witness] Christians do not donate or store their own blood for transfusion purposes, some procedures or tests involving an individual’s blood are not so clearly in conflict with Bible principles. Therefore, each individual should make a conscientious decision... Your decisions should be your own and should not be based on someone else’s conscience. Likewise, no one should criticize another Christian’s decisions. In these matters, “each one will carry his own load” of responsibility.—Gal. 6:4,5. [unquote]

Drink fluids before and eat a good meal; drink fluids after.

Just think about the lives you could be saving. It will give a natural high and you wont feel a thing. :)

Drink, smoke a lot of weed and lick alot of rusty objects.... What? You asked how "I" prepare.

Either bug spray or garlic. Ain't no one taking my precious hemoglobin!!