RhoGAM injection

StayingFocused · March 2016

Just found out I have to get one. Anyone else needed this?

Emztron500 · March 2016

Yup! I got it with my first. Not a big deal, you just need it in third tri and then again after birth. I'll be getting it again this time.

dennyandlee · March 2016

I have to get it, too. Whatever you do, don't ask @MamaNicoleof3 about it

sorarose · March 2016

Yup, I had it first time around, but only once because DS was also Rh negative. I will have it again at 28 weeks. No big deal!

MamaNicoleof3 · March 2016

dennyandlee said:

I have to get it, too. Whatever you do, don't ask @MamaNicoleof3 about it

Oh hush

Emztron500 · March 2016

MamaNicoleof3 said:

dennyandlee said:

I have to get it, too. Whatever you do, don't ask @MamaNicoleof3 about it

Oh hush

I'm curious what I'm missing here!

dennyandlee · March 2016

Emztron500 said:

MamaNicoleof3 said:

dennyandlee said:

I have to get it, too. Whatever you do, don't ask @MamaNicoleof3 about it

Oh hush

I'm curious what I'm missing here!

@MamaNicoleof3 was fear mongering on another thread, I think trying to deter me from opting for the rhogam shot. I literally shit a brick when she kept on and on about how brutal it was.

stisnd6 · March 2016

I get mine on the 16th.

MamaNicoleof3 · March 2016

dennyandlee said:

Emztron500 said:

MamaNicoleof3 said:

dennyandlee said:

I have to get it, too. Whatever you do, don't ask @MamaNicoleof3 about it

Oh hush

I'm curious what I'm missing here!

@MamaNicoleof3 was fear mongering on another thread, I think trying to deter me from opting for the rhogam shot. I literally shit a brick when she kept on and on about how brutal it was.

It was honestly not my intention in the least to freak anyone out! I'm sorry!!

shainaellis · March 2016

I had it with DD and I have to have it again this time... It does suck but it's a shot and it's quick

dennyandlee · March 2016

@MamaNicoleof3 of course you know, I'm just teasing you. I'm actually glad to know it may be more uncomfortable that I was anticipating. I would not have wanted to be caught unawares.

MamaNicoleof3 · March 2016

dennyandlee said:

@MamaNicoleof3 of course you know, I'm just teasing you. I'm actually glad to know it may be more uncomfortable that I was anticipating. I would not have wanted to be caught unawares.

Okay, I wanted to make sure

NLewis1 · March 2016

Yup. At 28 weeks and after birth with my son. I get it again in two weeks. Some ladies have said to get the injection in your upper butt and it's less painful, but I had it in my arm both times last time and I thought it was no big deal

BlueJuice · March 2016

Yep. I actually got one around 7 weeks (I had a bleeding incident) and just got my second one last week. Then I get another one after delivery if the baby is RH+, which is pretty likely.

It stings for sure, but the most recent one was in my upper arm not my hip, and I think I liked that better. I don't sit on my upper arm.

samsonator · March 2016

When do you know if you need this? Should they have known after the first blood draw?

goldie987 · March 2016

samsonator said:

When do you know if you need this? Should they have known after the first blood draw?

If you're RH- and your child's father is RH+, they'll have you get it on the off chance that your baby is RH+. If you're RH positive then there's no reason you'd need to get it regardless of what the baby is.

sorarose · March 2016

samsonator said:

When do you know if you need this? Should they have known after the first blood draw?

If they know your blood type, which they should have taken early on (and I know I was also checked for antibodies), they will tell you. Do you know your blood type?

sorarose · March 2016

Also, I believe I had the flu shot in one arm and Rhogam in the other last time. I remember the Rhogam hurting more right away, but the flu shot pain lingered for a couple days!

samsonator · March 2016

sorarose said:

samsonator said:

When do you know if you need this? Should they have known after the first blood draw?

If they know your blood type, which they should have taken early on (and I know I was also checked for antibodies), they will tell you. Do you know your blood type?

Yes, I'm A positive. My husband doesn't know his blood type.

Emztron500 · March 2016

samsonator said:

sorarose said:

samsonator said:

When do you know if you need this? Should they have known after the first blood draw?

If they know your blood type, which they should have taken early on (and I know I was also checked for antibodies), they will tell you. Do you know your blood type?

Yes, I'm A positive. My husband doesn't know his blood type.

You definitely don't need it then. It's only given to women who are rh-

goldie987 · March 2016

samsonator said:

sorarose said:

samsonator said:

When do you know if you need this? Should they have known after the first blood draw?

If they know your blood type, which they should have taken early on (and I know I was also checked for antibodies), they will tell you. Do you know your blood type?

Yes, I'm A positive. My husband doesn't know his blood type.

It shouldn't matter. Rhogam prevents your body from making anti-RH factor antibodies. If you are RH negative and your baby is RH positive, any accidental exposure to your baby's blood can cause your body to mount an immune response to the RH factor which will target your baby's blood cells which is bad news for the baby. Since you're RH positive, it doesn't matter what your husband or baby is, your body won't mount a response to the baby's RH positive blood since you've got the RH factor in your blood too.

samsonator · March 2016

Thanks ladies! You make more sense than google

StayingFocused · March 2016

Thanks! The flu shot didn't even make me sore and I move my arms a lot more than I move my hip so I'm thinking I'll definitely get it in my arm. Better pain tolerance there for sure.

Emztron500 · March 2016

I had it in my arm and didn't find it any more painful than any other injection

Emztron500 · March 2016

Actually it was such a non-event I was convinced for months that I never got it after the birth. My midwife had to show me my chart to ease my mind because I could not remember it happening at all.

MillerMama13 · March 2016

I had it at 28 weeks and again after my DD was born. My Dr let me get it early this time at 25 weeks because she said I could just get it at the same time as my glucose test. One less trip to the hospital. So I already got it this time.

Last time they did it in my butt cheek. This time they did it in the arm. Arm was way better imo. My butt was sore for a long time. My arm was only sore for maybe an hour or two. Although I might not have been thinking about it because my other arm where they drew blood for the glucose test was much more sore. The shot is no picnic but it's not horrible either.

little_bren · March 2016

Yup. DH and I have different blood types so I did last time and will again. No big deal. A shot in the top of the butt cheek.

MamaNicoleof3 · March 2016

Quick update- I had mine this morning in my booty and it wasn't as bad as I remembered!!

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