Anyone else Rh Negative?

[RaeVelez]

I never really knew my blood type until today, they told me my blood type is B- which I guess is the second rarest blood and consists of 1 out of 67 of the population.

So they told me since I was Rh negative it really wouldn't affect this pregnancy? But may affect my next pregnancy if the baby's blood is Rh positive.

Does anyone have anymore information about this?

If this baby is Rh positive, is it going to be affected in any way by my blood?

They discussed it with me a lot, but I am still not 100% on it.

They also said I would have to have a shot after the delivery and I would have to have other shots if I plan on getting pregnant again?

Help! I am clueless!

 

[Srrme]

My sister has your blood type, and her pregnancy was fine. They also told her it wouldn't affect that pregnancy, but it would the next (no idea why) -- they'll give you a shot after you deliver in case you fall pregnant again (apparently it prevents your blood cells from attacking the baby's).

I wouldn't worry too much about it. If your baby was in any harm, I'm sure they would have told you, dear.

 

[RaeVelez]

Oh and I went in today for my blood results and everything and they said everything looks perfectly fine and my blood is good, my urine is good, baby has a strong heartbeat and is moving around a lot. No down syndrome or any birth defects detected.

 

[RaeVelez]

My sister has your blood type, and her pregnancy was fine. They also told her it wouldn't affect that pregnancy, but it would the next -- they'll give you a shot after you deliver in case you fall pregnant again (apparently it prevents your blood cells from attacking the baby's).

yeah they were saying if the baby's blood crosses into my blood my body would start attacking it like it was foreign and kill the baby's red blood cells or something?

scary!

 

[November1984]

I never really knew my blood type until today, they told me my blood type is B- which I guess is the second rarest blood and consists of 1 out of 67 of the population.

So they told me since I was Rh negative it really wouldn't affect this pregnancy? But may affect my next pregnancy if the baby's blood is Rh positive.

Does anyone have anymore information about this?

If this baby is Rh positive, is it going to be affected in any way by my blood?

They discussed it with me a lot, but I am still not 100% on it.

They also said I would have to have a shot after the delivery and I would have to have other shots if I plan on getting pregnant again?

Help! I am clueless!

I am O negative.

My first LO is RH positive. I had a shot of Rhogam (an antigen) at 28 weeks w/my first and will have one this Thursday as I am 28 weeks again.
If baby is RH positive as they will know after birth you will likely get some jabs to prevent you from creating antibodies that could effect future pregnancies.

I am guessing this helps if we ever need blood or organs too as a lot of RH negative people would have a major issue with their bodies accepting foreign parts if there were antibodies present.

 

[RaeVelez]

I never really knew my blood type until today, they told me my blood type is B- which I guess is the second rarest blood and consists of 1 out of 67 of the population.

So they told me since I was Rh negative it really wouldn't affect this pregnancy? But may affect my next pregnancy if the baby's blood is Rh positive.

Does anyone have anymore information about this?

If this baby is Rh positive, is it going to be affected in any way by my blood?

They discussed it with me a lot, but I am still not 100% on it.

They also said I would have to have a shot after the delivery and I would have to have other shots if I plan on getting pregnant again?

Help! I am clueless!

I am O negative.

My first LO is RH positive. I had a shot of Rhogam (an antigen) at 28 weeks w/my first and will have one this Thursday as I am 28 weeks again.
If baby is RH positive as they will know after birth you will likely get some jabs to prevent you from creating antibodies that could effect future pregnancies.

I am guessing this helps if we ever need blood or organs too as a lot of RH negative people would have a major issue with their bodies accepting foreign parts if there were antibodies present.

Not sure what daddy's blood type is but I just texted his mom and hopefully I can find out haha. If he is Rh negative, baby can only be negative right?

 

[November1984]

I never really knew my blood type until today, they told me my blood type is B- which I guess is the second rarest blood and consists of 1 out of 67 of the population.

So they told me since I was Rh negative it really wouldn't affect this pregnancy? But may affect my next pregnancy if the baby's blood is Rh positive.

Does anyone have anymore information about this?

If this baby is Rh positive, is it going to be affected in any way by my blood?

They discussed it with me a lot, but I am still not 100% on it.

They also said I would have to have a shot after the delivery and I would have to have other shots if I plan on getting pregnant again?

Help! I am clueless!

I am O negative.

My first LO is RH positive. I had a shot of Rhogam (an antigen) at 28 weeks w/my first and will have one this Thursday as I am 28 weeks again.
If baby is RH positive as they will know after birth you will likely get some jabs to prevent you from creating antibodies that could effect future pregnancies.

I am guessing this helps if we ever need blood or organs too as a lot of RH negative people would have a major issue with their bodies accepting foreign parts if there were antibodies present.

Not sure what daddy's blood type is but I just texted his mom and hopefully I can find out haha. If he is Rh negative, baby can only be negative right?

Here's a chart:

https://www.craigmedical.com/blood_typing_facts.htm#Note: Percentage distribution

 

[babyloulou]

Not neccessarily. There's no need to worry about what blood type your baby is. I'm rhesus negative too. Basically you will get a shot at 28 weeks, another at 30 something weeks and one straight after the birth. This will be regardless of baby. This is incase your body has produced any antibodies to the rhesus gene. The shots will stop your body rejecting any future rhesus positive pregnancies you may have. (your body won't reject your current pregnancy) If this baby is positive they will give him/her an injection after birth incase yourbody has passed on any antibodies. That is only way this babies blood group matters! There is NO risk at all to this baby- it's future babies that they need to protect.

 

[November1984]

Not neccessarily. There's no need to worry about what blood type your baby is. I'm rhesus negative too. Basically you will get a shot at 28 weeks, another at 30 something weeks and one straight after the birth. This will be regardless of baby. This is incase your body has produced any antibodies to the rhesus gene. The shots will stop your body rejecting any future rhesus positive pregnancies you may have. (your body won't reject your current pregnancy) If this baby is positive they will give him/her an injection after birth incase yourbody has passed on any antibodies. That is only way this babies blood group matters! There is NO risk at all to this baby- it's future babies that they need to protect.

I don't think they routinely inject blood typed positive babies after birth! That would piss me off because it's so unlikely you create antibodies after a jab of an antigen during pregnancies.
My first never got a jab for being positive, only I did - twice.

After delivery, a blood test is performed to determine whether the baby is Rh(D) positive or negative. If the baby is tested Rh(D) positive, the mother will be given an injection of specially prepared anti-Rh(D), within three days (72 hours), in order to help her own blood destroy all the positive blood cells released into the bloodstream after the placenta comes away from the womb. This way, the blood cells are destroyed before the three days are up and her own immune system is not provoked into producing its own anti-Rh(D). Antibodies are only harmful if produced by the mother - the small amount injected after delivery is only there to do the job of `mopping up` the positive blood cells before they get to the immune system - they disappear from the bloodstream after a time.

100 micrograms of anti-Rh(D) will protect a woman from around 4ml of fetal blood. If the fetal-maternal hemorrhage (FMH) is more than 4 ml, a higher dosage is calculated and administered.

https://www.childbirthsolutions.com/articles/preconception/rhesus/index.php

 

[babyloulou]

Oh yeah- sorry November you are right. I was getting confused because the midwife said both me and the baby would have an injection straight after birth- but just realised the baby's was the Vitamin K injection (nothing to do with blood types). So I will get the anti-d injection- baby just has vitamin k xx

 

[RaeVelez]

Thanks everyone! This has helped a lot!

 

[aob1013]

I'm rneg and it is nothing serious to worry about at all, just make sure you get your Anti D injections.

 

[alocin22]

Am another Rneg, don't worry yourself there is no need. As long as you have your Anti-D jab's you'll both be fine.

 

[newmommy23]

I am O- and yeah, I had the shot. Your blood can attack baby. The shot isn't bad and it's worth the peace of mind in my opinion. If you're going to breastfeed you have to get the one at birth too I believe. To me it was better safe then sorry cuz OH is AB+

 

[kiraelliott]

It amazes me how being Rh negative is so rare and yet there's so many of us that have it lol when I last had an antenatal appointment I was the third person that day to have it turn up at their surgery, and I live on an island with just 140k population!

 

[EmzyJA]

yeah i'm O-, it shouldnt cause a problem hun and it's nothing to worry about. all it means is you need to have an injection at 28 weeks of anti-d and then usually an extra blood test at 34 weeks, and then another injection of anti-d after the birth.

basically its just in case any of the baby's blood crosses the placenta and gets into ur blood, your blood will attack it (thats if the baby's blood is positive). it wouldnt cause any harm to this baby but if your blood built up anti bodies against positive blood then it'll cause you to miscarriage if you fall pregnant again, but these injections prevent that happening.

you should also be aware that if you have any bleeding in pregnancy or are involved in something high impact such as a car crash you should get the anti-d injection just incase any blood has crossed over. xx