Anti D injection

[Kafryne]

Anyone chose NOT to have anti D injection and turned out fine?

@LividLackey

It's not crazy to want to know more about a treatment! The OP is right in that it is a plasma product and although there is excellent screening there will always be a small chance of risk (even though very small).

Informed consent is just that, it needs to be properly informed. I chose to have the injection in both my pregancies because I weighed up the risks and decided that it was far better to have the treatment. I'm an immunologist and made that choice in a fully informed way. Unfortunately not all women have the treatment explained to them in a detailed way, the OP should push for this with her obstetric team if she is unsure.

Thank you for getting my point. You just said it all!!! That is exactly it!!

I’ve had 6 children and when I had my first 3 which was 20 years ago now, anti d wasn’t offered during pregnancy only after if baby was rhesus positive, the first 3 were all rhesus negative so I didn’t have the anti d. By the time I had my 4th baby anti d was offered in pregnancy which I had and after the birth because 4th baby was rhesus positive. When I had my 5th baby I suffered from a lot of anxiety and refused the anti d during pregnancy as I had found out it was a blood product which I didn’t feel comfortable with while pregnant but I also had a chance of another rhesus negative baby as I had them previously ( I wasn’t offered a blood test to find out baby’s blood group) I would of taken anti d after baby was born if was rhesus positive, she was negative. I didn’t have anti d in my 6th pregnancy for the same reasons, I knew she was my last baby so would not have had it after neither but she turned out rhesus negative as well. Had I of found out in pregnancy that my baby was rhesus positive I would of had the anti d, I was suffering from extreme anxiety in my last 2 pregnancies which clouded my judgement and i look back now and realise it was a mistake to take that risk but I do feel that because it’s a blood product more caution should be taken by people who are carrying rhesus negative babies as there is absolutely no need for the injections if they are negative but they are absolutely necessary for people carrying rhesus positive babies

@elevenses75 makes excellent points.
It absolutely should be a question for the OP's medical team not google (as the OP already said she would do). There is some really dodgy advice on this to be found elsewhere. Also, if getting extra advice adds a lot of time then sometimes you just have to go with the medical advice. Not ideal but the better choice.

Yes, sorry, I don't think I was trying to imply that the OP shouldn't make an informed decision. It's just that it worries me, this general idea that Google can be better than established medical advice. There is all sorts of crap on Google, it's not a good substitute for NHS guidance.

Anyway good luck OP, and congratulations on your pregnancy.

I thought the anti d was for subsequent babies or of you get injured and there could be a mix of blood between the mum and baby.

To me it's not a big deal to get and especially not if you've already had one. 🤔