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CCB2008
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RH negative blood type
CCB2008
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Hi Ladies,
Anyone here RH negative and have a healthy pregnancy? I had a miscarriage last week and learned I am RH negative (husband A positive) and feel like maybe that had something to do with it?? Anyone else go through this? Thanks..
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Re: RH negative blood type
The Rh shot is important if the fetus and the mother are opposite blood types. The mothers antibodies will attack the fetus because they think it is a virus. It's also necessary to have this shot...but it sucks if you don't know that you are Rh negative, mostly because you don't find this out until it's too late.
With my very first pregnancy (years ago), I found out that I was Rh negative. After the loss of the baby, too. They gave me the Rh shot and said that any pregnancies I had would require it. Obviously, I'm pregnant now, and had the shot the day after I had started spotting and was told I will get another at 28 weeks and again after the birth. My doc said that I was lucky enough that the spotting happened the day before because the shot is necessary within 3 days of spotting. Where is that info in all the books??????
I had forgotten all about that shot being required. If I had remembered, I would have made every effort to get it as soon as possible after the BFP and not two weeks later. I'm so sorry that you've suffered this loss. Thoughts and prayers and lots of hugs.
"What did my fingers do before they held you? What did my heart do with it's love?"
I'm RH neg and had two healthy pregnancies so far ... working on the 3rd now.
Most of the time you will get a shot around 28 weeks and again after birth if the baby is positive. Never had a shot earlier than that.
I have never heard of this in my life. First of all, my cousin was a case study with this shot - if your first pregnancy has a mother with rh neg, and a child with positive, your child WILL BE FINE. However, the shot prevents the body from creating antibodies that will affect FUTURE pregnancies, if the next child is positive. I've always known my blood type, and last I checked, it's something they check for in your initial bloodwork, but even if you don't know, it is not going to cause you to just randomly m/c, unless you've had a previous pregnancy and didn't get the shot at that point. That would be incredibly negligent of either the mother, or the OB.
OP, it had nothing to do with your m/c.
Just because you've never heard of it, doesn't make it any less true. This is info I had gotten from TWO OB/Gyn docs AND my primary physician. I never said that she miscarried because of it. I implied that I had lost MINE because of it. I'm well aware that not all pregnancies are the same. She asked a question and I just shared the info that I have been given - by MY doctors - just like everyone else. Everyone's doctors are different and all have different opinions/beliefs. The OP's m/c was more than likely just a random event. Again, just because it happened to ME, doesn't mean that it was the case for her.
To the OP: again, I am so sorry that you are going through this. {{hugs}}
This is probably beating a dead horse, but from what you posted, it seems like maybe you misunderstood the doctors? Did they actually say that you had a m/c because you are Rh-? From what you said your doc(s) said, it was good that you came in and got the shot when you did because they need to give it within a certain time frame so your body doesn't mount an immune response. Not that if you had gone in earlier, it would have prevented you from miscarrying. Going and getting a Rhogam shot right after you get a BFP isn't going to do much for you. The Rhogam antibodies don't stick around forever, so if you had bleeding, you'd probably have to get another shot anyway. Or maybe I'm totally misunderstanding.
I'm Rh neg and I had a healthy pregnancy with a healthy baby at the end, an early miscarriage during my second pregnancy, and (so far) a healthy pregnancy now with my third. Unless you've been exposed to Rh positive blood in the past (like a previous pregnancy or miscarriage with an Rh+ baby), the Rh factor has nothing to do with your miscarriage. Sometimes they just happen. In fact, they happen in about 25% of pregnancies and in the vast majority of cases, they are due to a completely random chromosomal defect that absolutely nothing can prevent or stop.