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Rhesus negative

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Shehasadiamondinthesky · 28/11/2021 18:46

Any other mums rhesus negative? I had DS in the 1980s and he is also Rh negative but I was never given anti D as I realised many years later. Luckily I never had any more chdren or it could have been a disaster.
Any Rh negative stories out there?

OP posts:
Yuledo · 28/11/2021 18:49

I was given the anti d jab. No problems.

afternamechangefail · 28/11/2021 18:51

I am. Had two jabs with my son, and just had my first one with this pregnancy.

It's a pita but at least they can do something about it!

PAFMO · 28/11/2021 18:51

@Yuledo

I was given the anti d jab. No problems.
Me too. I used to think I was dead uncommon but I know loads of Rh neg people. DD is positive.

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Quackajack · 28/11/2021 18:54

They check the babies blood after birth and you only need the anti d if the baby is rhd positive.

catndogslife · 28/11/2021 18:55

I think that you don't need the anti-D jab if the baby is also Rh-negative.
At least that was the case a few years ago, it may have changed now.

dementedpixie · 28/11/2021 18:56

@Shehasadiamondinthesky

Any other mums rhesus negative? I had DS in the 1980s and he is also Rh negative but I was never given anti D as I realised many years later. Luckily I never had any more chdren or it could have been a disaster. Any Rh negative stories out there?
You wouldn't need anti-d if he was Rh negative. Maybe the cord blood was tested after birth and as he was negative you didn't need anti-d. It's only an issue if the baby is Rh+
modgepodge · 28/11/2021 18:56

I’m rhesus negative, had the anti D. If your son is also negative I don’t think it causes a problem for later pregnancies. That said, my understanding is that in the 1980s they couldn’t test baby’s blood type til it was born, so I’d have thought they should have given you anti D in pregnancy just in case.

grafittiartist · 28/11/2021 18:57

Me- but they always explain it to me when I have just had a baby, and not really concentrating!!

afternamechangefail · 28/11/2021 18:58

@PAFMO 24% of the population. I think that makes it 12% of women?

gamerchick · 28/11/2021 18:58

You didn't need an anti D if your baby was also negative OP.

crossstitchingnana · 28/11/2021 19:00

I am rhesus negative. My second was born blue and spent a week in hospital as my anti d from first pregnancy didn't work. Scary times but she's a strapping teen now.

dementedpixie · 28/11/2021 19:00

Only 15% of the population is Rh-

wonderstuff · 28/11/2021 19:01

I’m Rh- had injections throughout my first pregnancy and after birth as she is Rh + refused them during second pregnancy as I was 100% certain I wasn’t having any more.

A friend read up as she was Rh- also and working in medicine was interested, apparently the risks increase with every birth as your body develops antibodies, first pregnancy is always fine, think she said that risks become significant after 4th pregnancy, it was very much more of an issue when people were having larger families. Neither parents or my grandmothers had any knowledge about it, not sure when they started testing routinely?

honeylemonteaforme · 28/11/2021 19:01

After
Your calc is not right - with those figures it would still be 24% of women.
It would be 12% of the population who are both women and rhesus neg

afternamechangefail · 28/11/2021 19:03

@gamerchick

You didn't need an anti D if your baby was also negative OP.
She would have needed anti d at 28 weeks though, because they can't test the baby then.
afternamechangefail · 28/11/2021 19:04

@honeylemonteaforme

After Your calc is not right - with those figures it would still be 24% of women. It would be 12% of the population who are both women and rhesus neg
That's... what I meant...
wonderstuff · 28/11/2021 19:04

O- blood makes you a universal blood donor, anyone can tolerate an infusion of O- so they use that if they don’t have time to check blood type. Sadly I’m underweight so not able to donate.

afternamechangefail · 28/11/2021 19:05

@dementedpixie

Only 15% of the population is Rh-
Sorry, that's percentage of donors.
GiltEdges · 28/11/2021 19:06

Any other mums rhesus negative? I had DS in the 1980s and he is also Rh negative but I was never given anti D as I realised many years later. Luckily I never had any more chdren or it could have been a disaster.

The fact you weren't given anti D doesn't matter and wouldn't have affected subsequent pregnancies as your DS was also Rh-

RedHot22 · 28/11/2021 19:06

I had anti-D in the 80’s
I suspect you may have

woodhill · 28/11/2021 19:06

Yes rhesus negative but I don't think any of my dc are

ArnoldBee · 28/11/2021 19:06

In the olden days - 2012 and before you didn't get anti d injections during pregnancy. After birth they tested the baby's blood and gave you an injection if required.

woodhill · 28/11/2021 19:06

Was given anti D each time

RabitWhole · 28/11/2021 19:07

I'm B rhesis negative and it was never discussed when I was pregnant with DD which was in 2019. Is this a thing? Is it a risk? I just thought it was a blood type? Sorry if I'm being ignorant

woodhill · 28/11/2021 19:07

After birth, is it more advanced now?