anti d

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so I have o rhd blood and my baby is positive and I just found this out at 21 weeks as the midwife rang me to tell me my results from last app

she mentioned if I have any bleeding I need to get anti d injection which I get but she Said if I knock my stomach too. I think she must mean quite hard to have to ring an get injection or a fall on my stomach

but its made my quite fearsome now incase I do, and if I do ill be thinking is this a hard enough knock should I ring should I not? just quite a lot to worry about all the time :(

A fellow O-Negger over here! I have had two Rh +ve babies and have had routine Anti-D at 28 weeks and postpartum with both.

The issue is that any event which causes baby’s blood mixing with yours will likely result in you producing antibodies to Rh +ve blood, so any subsequent child you have would be at increased risk of haemolytic disease of the newborn.

I don’t think you need to stress too much, but any accident/fall or any bleed would be worth getting in touch with the midwifery team. The risk is not so much to this baby, but future babies.

they made it seem really rare when they actually drew the blood to test it at my appointment as well so I was like oh I probably will be fine but the baby is positive! then I was worrying thinking omg is this super rare?? they was like we haven't had to do one of these tests in ages!

is it just one injection at 28 weeks? I didnt ask I forgot!
and do they still check for the baby for this disease at birth, quite worrying me to be honest thinking back before I knew was there any knocks or small bleeding when wiping I may or missed when I wasn't looking at toilet roll?

but yeah makes sense if I see bleeding etc, but when she said knocks I was like omg I need to be so so careful now

It's not a disease, just a perfectly normal blood type. About a quarter of the UK is negative, so hardly rare!
Your baby's blood type will be tested at birth, but just for your information, not because it will make any difference to their life whatsoever.
It's totally, absolutely normal and fine.

In terms of falls, you don't need to worry if you knock your bump squeezing through a doorframe or similar. We're talking impact that's serious enough to cause something to rupture/bleed inside. The kind of impact you would probably consider getting checked out even if you weren't negative.

Apologies. I have confused with the word disease. Right now, nobody has any disease, just you and your baby have perfectly natural but different blood types. Those blood types are incompatible to some degree and so anti d injections are given to prevent your body having a reaction to your baby’s blood. That reaction would unlikely be harmful to you or your baby, but might cause problems for future babies. Essentially the injection is no big deal, just get it done.

I was given the same advice and I think it’s just a case of using some common sense. After one incident of a knock to my stomach (a small child jumping on it) I phoned up to ask if I needed the anti d and they said yes so I went and had it. I think it was more as a precaution, but because it had obviously been significant enough for me to call and check, they got me in for the injection - probably to cover themselves as much as anything.

I know its not a disease in itself I mean if they baby is born with haemolytic disease,

just thinking about all the times ive been knocked though now :/ as didnt know about this

no worries I know what you mean I mean if the baby is born with haemolytic disease
im just worried tho thinking if ive hurt my bump, like before now as I didn't think or know that was a problem ? my sister did knock me with a trolly in the stomach at like 8 weeks pregnant I think now im just thinking abut everything ugh but pretty sure this was before I had even seen a midwife etc ive had blood tests etc since then!

was it a pretty big knock? I cant imagine if someone already have kids and pregnant id be so worried about the other Kidds bumping into me or when picking the, up etc!!

also now thinking too much thinking even pushing on my stomach to see movement will be bad now I hate my brain hah

You are really over thinking this. I've had two RhD positive babies and I'm negative. I can't say I acted any differently to how I would in a 'normal' pregnancy, the way I looked at it was any knock hard enough to cause a bleed would need checking regardless of blood type, surely? I carried on doing all my usual activities and the second time around I had a boisterous toddler who wasn't exactly wary of my tummy 😂I never had to have extra Anti-D. please don't worry about it

I'm also rhesus negative and have had Anti D injections in both of my pregnancies and I'm waiting to have one for this pregnancy too. I had to have them postpartum with my first two also.

I would ask for more advice from your mw

I've had the injections in both pregnancies (currently 30 weeks) my first was negative when born so that was the end of it.

I had an episode of bleeding at about 30 weeks last time so I went in and they gave me another injection.

As everyone else said you only need to have another injections in if you have a substantial knock or fall.

Exactly! It was substantial enough to make me question it but I phoned up more to put my mind at rest and was surprised when I was told I’d need to have the anti d. I’m sure it would have been fine without, but if in doubt there’s no harm in phoning up to check. It was also reassuring for me as they did a few checks and listened to the baby’s heartbeat etc.

Hi I'm the same and in my first pregnancy I needed an injection during the pregnancy after having a big bang to my tummy whilst on a bus. The bus jolted and the bar went into my tummy. I had no bleeding but needed the injection just incase. With both pregnancies I had one after giving birth too. You will be fine it's just a bump that is quite significant not someone bumping into you etc . But any concerns just contact your midwife

thanks guys! ill bare this all in mind