It is fairly common, and your doctor will know when you need the Rhogam (sp) shot, so don't worry about your body rejecting the baby. My husband and I also have different RH factors. Just make sure the doctor knows about your RH discrepancies. Rho-gam has been around since the mid- 60's, so your doctor should be aware of it. My ex-husband is O-positive and I'm O-negative and both our kids are RH-negative. If your husband is carrying a recessive gene for Rh-negative, you may end up with an Rh-negative baby anyway, in which case you won't need the second (post-birth) Rho-GAM shot. You will still need the Rho-GAM shots for this pregnancy, but additional monitoring of anti-bodies may be required. If you've already had a pregnancy, make sure your doctor knows, because your blood will need to be tested for Rh-antibodies. Rho-Gam puts TEMPORARY RH-factor anti- bodies in the mother's blood so her body doesn't product its own, and the next baby gets a clean slate and you start the Rho- GAM shots over. Is this your first preganancy ever (i.e., no previous pregnancies that ended in miscarriage or termination)? If it is, then all you need is a shot of Rho-gam at a mid-point in the pregnancy and then again after the baby is born. if anyone knows anything about this, i would appreciate information many thanks anonĪ mismatch in blood types can be dealt with. some shot is supposed to take care of it. Evidently, there is some risk that the baby will have the positive blood type and my body will see it as a foreign invader and attack it somehow. blood type and my husband is a positive blood type. O- is the 'universal donor' because it has no antigens, so it's accepted by all immune systems.Īlso, the long post by Jennifer is GREAT. This can be done by a simple blood test.Ģ- AB+ is NOT the rarest blood, but it is the 'universal acceptor' because it can take A and B and + antigens (O and - are actually a lack of antigens, and all immune systems accept 'nothing' on blood cells). Only worry if the mother is - (negative) and the father is + (positive). It only concerns the + and - markers (called antigens). As a student of Biomedical Engineering, I would like to clear up a few misconceptions on this board:ġ- this blue baby phenomenon has nothing to do with blood types A, B, AB, and O.
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