def count_blanks(column):
    """
    Counts the blank cells in a column in a pandas dataframe. 
    This is DIFFERENT than counting the null values.
    However, this WILL count cells that contain None.
    
    Parameters
    ----------
    column: a dataframe column or any iterable object
        column on which you want to count the blanks
    
    Returns
    -------
    int
        number of cells in the column that contain blanks
    
    Examples
    --------
    >>> my_df = create_dataframe(6, 4, include_empties=True, include_nulls=True)
    >>> my_df
          col1    col2    col3    col4
    row1  10      is      12      f
    row2  9       time            the
    row3  h       the     Nan     2
    row4  4       is      7       for
    row5  the     4               6
    row6  12      6       None    9
    
    >>> count_blanks(my_df['col3'])
    3
    """
    count = 0
    for thing in column:
        if not thing:
            count += 1
    return count
