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Rhesus negative??

shanonnyshanonny member
in April 2015 Moms
Just found out my blood status is rhesus negative.. And ivta get injections incase the baby is rhesus positive and our blood mixes?!

Any1 else rhesus negative who has already gone through a pregnancy?! Should i be worried??
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  • shanonnyshanonny member
    Thank you!!
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  • alexelenialexeleni member
    I don't know what this means. I think I should, but I don't. Oops. Dr. Google it is! :)
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  • alexelenialexeleni member
    @Swoon13, you are awesomer than Google. I will now ask you ALL THE QUESTIONS rather than asking my doctor. And I will do it in awesomely titled posts that also confuse "sex" and "gender".

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  • canadianttc1stcanadianttc1st member
    I'm rh- with my first I got a shot at 28 weeks I believe and after he was born. It wasn't a big deal at all
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  • fourthtimesacharmfourthtimesacharm member
    Totally normal, the concern is that if a woman who is rh negative refused the rhogam and is exposed to rh positive blood (usually during birth) her body could produce antibodies that fight off rh positive blood cells. Once your body starts to produce these antibodies, it won't stop. The antibodies can cross the placenta and attack the rh pos blood cells of a fetus (usually later pregnancies).
    The shot is just antibodies so that if you are exposed, they will do their thing and your body will not be triggered to produce its own antibodies. I've received the shot 3 times. Years ago, before the rhogam was available, my aunt was affected by this and without getting grim the drs were able to save one of my cousins by performing a blood transfusion in utero. He's in his 50's now.
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  • amandamarie2amandamarie2 member
    Also rh-. I had some spotting early on (6 weeks) and they gave me a rhogam injection to make sure there wouldn't be any problems even though with a first baby it's unlikely. What's more important is getting the injection right after pregnancy in case any future babies are rh+ like DH so my body won't attack the baby. Really not a big deal with the injections.

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  • shanonnyshanonny member
    Thanks everyone feel much betr knowing its not that big of a deal.. Google made it sound very scary! Im glad to hear some of you have already been thru pregnancy and not had any problems x
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  • knitfastdiewarmknitfastdiewarm member
    I'm RH-. It's normally not a big deal with your first pregnancy. We had a previous discussion about this on the board. If you search for it, you'll see there are lots of April Expectant Moms who are RH- too.
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  • JaneShopsJaneShops member
    Totally normal, glad your mind is at ease now
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