Calling all RH Incompatible Mommies!

KangarooMom · August 2009

Hi Ladies,

My blood group is 0- and my husband is AB+ so we're faced with a potential RH incompatibility ( me and the babe, that is). So I'm wondering if maybe having a c-section would be "safer" for the baby and for having more babies in the future (G-d willing). What did you do in your RH situation? Calling all Rh mommies!

jessicaclare · August 2009

No, a c-section is not safer from a RH- standpoint. Just make sure you get the Rhogam shot after you give birth.

Caroline422 · August 2009

They gave me Rhogam injections for this problem. Because I'm B-

JillBMama · August 2009

Based on my limited knowledge, I would say definitely no. A major surgery like a c-section is sure to spill more blood than a vag delivery. Also, those shots aren't supposed to be a big deal at all....

Jessica Kovacs · August 2009

No. Just get your Rhogam shot and all will be well!

snowflake19 · August 2009

I was told that is why I got the Rhogam shot at 28 weeks and will get another after delivery. No biggy.

curlilocks1207 · August 2009

This is extremely common and definitely not a reason to have a c-section. You just get the rhogam shot at 28 weeks and again after the baby is born. Very little risk as long as you get the shots and you will need them regardless of how your baby is born.

besszilla · August 2009

jessica_m:
No. Just get your Rhogam shot and all will be well!

This.

and be grateful that it's an option. Not all antibody incompaltibilities have such an easy solution.

LDQAM516 · August 2009

All you need is the Rhogam shot and if your baby is not compatible after birth you get another shot for future pregnancies and another during your second pregnancy. Just got mine last week! And no, it does not make a difference between C/S or natural...blood is blood...

jenerally · August 2009

how many boards are you going to post this on?

Mrs. Peterson 07/07/07 · August 2009

Just get the Rhogam shot... it is not a big deal at all

EMTX · August 2009

Mrs. Peterson 07/07/07:
Just get the Rhogam shot... it is not a big deal at all

This. 15% of women need it. Not a big deal. Had my 28 week one today.

i*heart*him · August 2009

Why didn't you ask your dr this?

DorothyShaw · August 2009

For your own future sanity:

1 ticker per baby please.

1 badge per theme, please.

The principal of the school of redundancy school will give you detention in 0-6.

And I'm stumped as to why a major surgery is safer for a blood incompatibility. I've heard stranger things, but I think you're logic is flawed on this one.

notelizabeth · August 2009

Caroline422:
They gave me Rhogam injections for this problem. Because I'm B-

ditto.

i guess i'm not seeing how a c-section is related to Rh.

TiaLC · August 2009

You should have gotten a shot around 28 weeks and will get one again after delivery..

take a deep breath and calm down, it will be ok..

This is not a reason to have a c-section, this baby will be fine, one of the reasons for the shot is so that if you want to have children in the future your body won't reject the baby.

CourtneyAnn · August 2009

snowflake19:
I was told that is why I got the Rhogam shot at 28 weeks and will get another after delivery. No biggy.

Same here

slacy · August 2009

I gave birth vaginally. I'm O-, DH is A+, and DS #1 is O+. I received a Rhogam shot at 28 weeks with DS #1 and post-birth. Already had the shot this pg (28w) and will have one afterwards this time if DS #2 has a + blood type.

Sara

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