Rhogam shot sucks!

WookieesCookies

We talked about this shot a few days ago. Hold sheesh, that thing knocked me on my ass! Probably not a typical reaction but I got mine today, they made me stay for observation for 30 minutes which is their standard. I kinda wondered why, but shrugged it off. I left and while I'm on the elevator I started getting so dizzy and sleepy. I barely made it home because it made me soooo tired! I thought I was going to have to pull over to sleep in my car. I made it home and just passed out in bed and slept a good 4 hours. I'm super grogey but now functional. And I was having a lot of BH which have calmed now. This mommy and baby did not like that one bit. I'm so glad I didn't have to go back to work! I wouldn't have made it. I don't remember feeling like this last time at all. And the burn was terrible too. Glad that's over!

PinkLillyLover

Ugh!  I have to get mine Dec. 3rd.

Jspagnuolo

Sorry you had such a terrible experience! I got mine yesterday and was actually surprised at how easy and painless it was. The shot itself burned a tiny bit but I prefer it over the flu or tdap because at least this one didn't leave my arm sore at all. They made me wait 10 mins after I got it and I got slightly dizzy but nothing major at all.

Good luck to the rest of the ladies getting it soon!

inluv4life2

I've had rhogam several times and never had any reaction at all. Sorry you did!

mdr619

Oh wow!  Sorry you had that reaction.  I had mine on Monday and aside from the shot stinging a bit, I had no problems with it. 

JordyInIndy

I've had 6 Rhogam shots and they've all been pretty painless and I've never had a reaction like that. In fact my flu shot was way worse than any rhogam shot has ever been.

allie76

@wookieescookies I'm sorry about your reaction to the shot.

I had one after my m/c last year, but I don't remember it being bad. I have to get mine next Tuesday.

LO is a girl and I hope she is Rh+ so she doesn't have to deal with this.

questisthebest

I get mine next Wednesday, along with all the regular 28 week bloodwork and my 1 hour GD test. 

WookieesCookies

HashtagRainbow said:

I've had 2 this year and they were nothing. In fact, when I got the first one, I was coming off of anesthesia from my D&C and hardly remember it, so when I knew I was going to get one this past week, I was a little worried based on what everyone here has been saying. I barely felt it. I'm not sure what the big deal is and why there are so many posts complaining about it.

You're not sure? Maybe because of exactly what I posted. It hurts, and it can have side effects. This was not my first one either and the last time I did not have this experience. Great for you that it was a walk in the park.

I looked up the side effects after I already slept it off, if the nurse had told me the possible side effects I could have known, this was something I needed to call the doctor over, unusual tiredness is listed as something I should have sought medical attention for on their warning label. I should have turned around and went back to the office.

WookieesCookies

HashtagRainbow said:

Wow, retract the claws. You have your opinion. I have mine. Simmer down @WookieesCookies.

Hmm, not so much an opinion. An experience. That you trivialized. Thanks.

JordyInIndy

WookieesCookies said:

Wow, retract the claws. You have your opinion. I have mine. Simmer down @WookieesCookies.

Hmm, not so much an opinion. An experience. That you trivialized. Thanks.

The OP is probably doing more harm than good. There are a lot of women here who have never had one and you've now scared the shit out of them. 

JordyInIndy

allie76 said:

@wookieescookies I'm sorry about your reaction to the shot.

I had one after my m/c last year, but I don't remember it being bad. I have to get mine next Tuesday.

LO is a girl and I hope she is Rh+ so she doesn't have to deal with this.

Being Rh- isn't exactly something you have to "deal with". It's two shots.

ZAngel

I had a lot of burning when I got the shot with my first pregnancy 15 years ago but it went away pretty fast.

Luckily DH is negative blood type as well so I don't have to get them anymore.  Yay!

WookieesCookies

Women are going to have a lot of different and sometimes negative experiences throughout pregnancy. A girl on November recently had her intestines burst through her c-section incision days after giving birth. Does this mean she was trying to scare anyone? No, sharing a experience that she was free to share, just like I was. It's not something that happens often, but it can happen and it's not meant to scare anyone headed towards a c-section.

djtippietoes

Is it weird that I don't know what a rhogam shot is?  Off to google!

WookieesCookies

Ya, I think it got blown out of purportion way before when I was supposedly "doing harm" and "scaring the shit out of everyone" by saying a shot made me tired...