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To not know my blood type?

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myexisanasshole · 27/03/2019 22:59

So a thread yesterday reminded me that I should update my iPhone with my emergency contacts and the meds I'm on (quite a lot) and it asked my blood type?! I have no idea, asked my mum and she doesn't know either (thanks mum!) am I the only one? If I'm honest o do t know what my children are either 🙄 please tell me I'm not alone!

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TeaStory · 29/03/2019 14:18

@jenny17 “I've known since I was 12 when I asked. I can't understand why people have never found out.“

You don’t understand why people won’t pay money for a testing kit just to satisfy idle curiosity? I asked, too, and the doctor didn’t know. It’s not like medical staff would take your word for it in a situation where it was necessary to know, anyway.

NoShoeShops · 29/03/2019 14:23

Also, sickle cell has nothing to do with your blood group, it’s a genetically inherited disease.

JollyAndBright · 29/03/2019 14:38

I know my blood group, DS’s and Dp’s.

I know my parents, my niece and both my sisters.

DM, DS, me, my sister and my niece all have the same rare blood group.
We always joke that we’ll be fine if we ever need a kidney.

Cookit · 29/03/2019 14:50

First found out when I gave blood.

PCohle · 29/03/2019 14:52

I am surprised so many people on this thread have never given blood.

Of course some people are disqualified but I wouldn't have expected that to apply to as many people as it seems to here.

BitchQueen90 · 29/03/2019 14:52

I only found mine out when I was pregnant. I don't know DS's but I know he must be A or O as exh and I are both type A.

MorningsEleven · 29/03/2019 15:13

I'm boring O+. Found out when I was pregnant.

TrendyNorthLondonTeen · 29/03/2019 15:24

"I am surprised so many people on this thread have never given blood.

Of course some people are disqualified but I wouldn't have expected that to apply to as many people as it seems to here."

I am absolutely petrified of needles. If they could just cut me with a razor to get the blood they could have as much as they want but they'd need to knock me out cold to get a needle in me. I did go along with a friend once to try and they had to send me away as I was panicking so much and couldn't stay still! I had to be held down to a chair once as a teenager for a vaccination.

And luckily I've never needed a blood test or ever been in hospital for any length of time that would require a drip or those things they stick in the back of your hand. The thought makes me feel sick.

TeaStory · 29/03/2019 15:29

I’d be happy to donate blood if they’d take mine, but I’m medically disqualified.

YesQueen · 29/03/2019 15:31

Might ask my haematologist when I next go, I've had enough blood taken!

windydoggy · 29/03/2019 15:57

Never known mine and 50 now so should do .
If I ring doctors will they know ? Is it on your medical history ?

PigletJohn · 29/03/2019 16:00

I can never remember mine, but it's in my wallet with my Doner cards

(because I want to be
turned into a kebab
when I die)

TeaStory · 29/03/2019 16:02

@windydoggy “If I ring doctors will they know ? Is it on your medical history ?”

Only if you’ve had a blood transfusion or been pregnant.

Jenny17 · 29/03/2019 16:05

You don’t understand why people won’t pay money for a testing kit just to satisfy idle curiosity? I asked, too, and the doctor didn’t know. It’s not like medical staff would take your word for it in a situation where it was necessary to know, anyway

I had expected it to be on medical records. In another country which may have blood shortages it's pretty important to know in an emergency.

Also, sickle cell has nothing to do with your blood group, it’s a genetically inherited disease

Which will show up in a blood type test that the NHS can do. I would encourage anyone to check if they fall under the criteria www.nhs.uk/conditions/sickle-cell-disease/carriers/

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Roomba · 29/03/2019 16:09

I know I'm A+ as I was told when I donated blood. Don't recall my blood type being noted on my maternity notes anywhere, other than I'd been checked and wasn't rhesus negative. So I have no idea what my DCs' blood types are, as they've never yet need to know.

My ex was amazed it wasn't tested at birth (he says he's O - but has no idea how he came to learn this as he's never donated blood or had it checked for medical reasons, he thinks his mother told him as a child?). He jokingly asked if it was so they didn't have new dads kicking off about babies that weren't theirs, and a very patient midwife explained that a) it's not that straightforward anyway b) they don't perform invasive tests like taking blood when there's no medical need to do so and c) they check if you need blood even if you already know what type you are. He now wonders if his mother just made up his blood type (which would be a surprise, she has suffered psychosis and been confused abort things before).

MissPollyHadADolly19 · 29/03/2019 16:10

I only know mine from when I was expecting DD, don't think it's common for many people to know really so I wouldn't worry!

thismeansnothing · 29/03/2019 16:13

I only found mine out because I donated. Then you find out again when pregnant.

I'm o-
DD1 a+
DD2 o+

I remember theirs because the missmatch in rhesus status gave them both bad jaundice. And also DH doesn't know his blood group and we were trying to work it out from his parents and the kids.

Solasshole · 29/03/2019 16:23

I did an extended blood group on myself because I work in a blood bank and I was curious

So I know I'm

A RhD+C+c+E+e+ K-k+ Fy(a+b+) Jk(a+b+) M-N+S-s+ Wink

I love my job, blood groups and transfusions are super interesting at least to me they are Grin

TallMushroom · 29/03/2019 16:25

@Zoflorabore I am also AB- and have had the opposite experience. They told me they only want male AB- negative donors and they would get in touch if they needed females 🤷‍♀️

Chouetted · 29/03/2019 16:31

I can't give blood - I'm not medically disqualified, I just have uncooperative veins. There are things they can do to get IV access in a medical emergency (like putting me under a ga to dilate the veins) that wouldn't be reasonable just for donating blood.

I always have to warn people that my veins brought a consultant anaesthetist to the verge of tears...

Lwmommy · 29/03/2019 17:14

^^ as above, they can't get blood out of me. Had to have surgery a year ago and it took 11 goes to get an IV in, they eventually went in through the top of my foot. Both forearms were bruised elbow to wrist.

windydoggy · 29/03/2019 17:27

@TeaStory Thank you . Yes had a baby 30 years ago 😁
So hopefully they will know .

Frogshoe · 29/03/2019 17:52

DH is AB+ - knows as he donates blood

I'm O+ - found out when I needed a blood transfusion

greenpop21 · 29/03/2019 17:56

Found out when I became a blood donor in my 20s-A Rh Positive. Dh recently gave blood for the first time at 46 and turns out he is the same!

PumpkinPie2016 · 29/03/2019 17:59

I'm O rhesus negative. I have always known it because my mum is also O- and write it down when I was born. Something like 10% of the population are rhesus negative so I suppose it's worth knowing of you are.

My son is O+ (getting the + from DH) - it was on his birth notes and I had to have about a injection after the birth because of the mismatched rhesus status.

Lots of people don't know though - it's not something routinely tested unless you have an operation/may need transfusion.

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