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Rhesus sensitisation

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Kiki27 · 04/01/2019 14:49

I’m O negative and my husband was adamant he was also O negative so I declined having the anti-d injections. My baby was breech so I had two ECVs to try and turn the baby (which didn’t work) I had blood tests and declined anti-d again since I didn’t think I needed it. A few days later my baby was born via c-section and the next day I was told that the baby was rhesus positive and I was given then anti-d injection. I’m angry at my husband for saying he was positive he was rhesus negative and I’m so angry at myself for not just having the injections at 28 weeks and after the ECVs just to be on the safe side. I’ve been thinking about future pregnancies and the likelihood that I have become sensitised. I spoke to the community midwife about it after we were discharged from hospital and she said she’d check my blood test results from before and after the c-section but I never heard back. Does anyone have any experience of this?

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TokenGinger · 04/01/2019 16:13

I haven't heard of this but I'm actually very surprised they didn't encourage you to have the injection.

When speaking to my midwife, I asked her if it was possible to test DP's blood to see if he was positive to save having the injection but she said they won't do that because there have been instances where the mother has lied about the baby's father and the real father has indeed been positive.

I'm not surprised you're annoyed. I'd be annoyed too at his carelessness on this one.

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