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Rhesus negative mums

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FeelLikeTweedleDee · 13/05/2011 18:54

Guys can you help me with this question?

I'm Rh- and my first baby was Rh+. Hubby is Rh+. I'm now pregnant with #2.

I'm having my bloods taken on Monday. The midwife said they will be testing to see if I have developed any antibodies. Is it possible that I have developed antibodies despite having all the jabs during my first pregnancy and after giving birth?

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morrison1976 · 21/05/2011 15:01

Im Rhesus negative, my wife is 0 posiive. Could this cause any problems to my wife if our baby is Rhesus negative? My wife is 23 weeks gone and having a terrible pregnancy.

ALovelyBunchOfCoconuts · 21/05/2011 19:51

at my 20week scan and ante-natal yesterday, we were discussing the Anti-D jab and the MW told me that currently they are trying to develop a test where they can determine baby's blood group from the mother's blood samples to work out whether the anti-d is necessary or not.

I am a- and have had the anti-d for both my mcs, for DD, and will also be having it for DC2 in 8 weeks time.

ALovelyBunchOfCoconuts · 21/05/2011 19:52

mamaesi - you have the jab at 28weeks now. Mention is to your MW at your 16 week appointment, when they have your booking bloods back.

Bumperlicioso · 21/05/2011 20:04

Morrison, it's only a problem for the mother to be rhesus negative. It means she lacks certain antibodies that can build up when the baby is positive and for some reason (fall, during labour) the baby's blood passes into the mother's.

BeeMyBaby · 22/05/2011 07:11

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it already, but I thought the pamphlet they gave out stated that even if you had the injections there was still a 2% chance that you could have a problem? I got bloods taken at my booking appointment for no.2 so just waiting to hear back during my 15 week appointment.

Babieseverywhere · 22/05/2011 07:47

Your baby can also get Rhesus disease, if the mother is Rhesus Positive and carries certain antibodies.

I carry little c and big E antibodies, sadly I don't have the option of any equivalent option of an anti d injection (it is too expensive too manufacture for the rarer antibodies)

DS1 was born fine, whilst DD2 had to be under lights full time for days as she was born with HDN but managed to avoid a blood transfusion. If I decided to have another (unlikely) the baby would be worse and require more light treatment or maybe a blood transfusion.

I would bite the hand of the hospital if I was offered a treatment but as I said only the more common RH negative has a routine treatment. It is much better to be able to prevention Rhesus problems than just watch and wait to see what develops in your newborn baby, like Rhesus positive mothers have to.

smokeybacon · 22/05/2011 08:02

An interesting thread!

Another RH- mum here. I have had 5 mcs and have 4 DCs (aged 5 2 and DTs now 6 months). I had the anti D jabs after mcs that resulted in EPRCs and then managed to carry to full term. I also had the anti D jabs with all of the DCs after birth and during the pgs. It was never discussed with me what the anti D jabs actually contain and I never thought to question it. My only concern after the miscarriages was carrying to term, and it seemed (to my mind anyhow) that there could well have been a link in having it and carrying to term.

pooka · 22/05/2011 08:09

Thats really interesting babieseverywhere. Until ds2 got hdn I had no idea ofnthe complexity of the blood - thought was basic A,B,AB,O and Rhpos and Rhneg and that was it. I now know about the others because of the Anti D and Anti C on my NBS card that I was given to carry. The consultant reeled off a list of strange names that I'd never heard of - kell and so on. I'd naively been pleased that dd is Rh pos because she would not have this issue in any of her potential pregnancies, but obviously the subject is more complex than Rh pos = ok and Rh neg = potential issues.

With hindsight ds2 was very pale. And a bit more sleepy than my other babies at about 2 weeks old onwards. But nothing that was picked up by eye by any midwives/health visitors or anyone.

I should emphasise that he is absolutely FINE and shows no lasting ill effects whatsoever. And the cross referencing of bloods and linking between haematology/NBS/paediatrics meant he was treated well and is AOK.

FriskyBivalves · 22/05/2011 08:22

A lovely bunch...

Interestingly, the American hospital in Paris, where I've been treated (is that right word? Not exactly a medical thing, pregnancy, but you know what I mean) has now developed a test of pregant mother's blood that claims to be able to tell pretty much 100 percent whether the baby is rhesus neg or pos. sadly for me (rhesus neg) the baby is positive so it's more anti-d jabs! Think it's rather proud of its research, ground-breaking etc.

Jobey0 · 07/10/2014 20:12

Hi im rhesus negative and my midwife said if I get a bruise I should contact my emergency midwife. I bruise easily, just today I caught my hip on our bannister carrying the washing upstairs how worried should I be about this?

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