i feel that i might be pregnant, and but it is still to early to tell, i am RH-, and i have had a miscarrage in the past, i was wondering how soon i should get check out? if i am pregnant i will be keeping it, God willing, any thoughts?
2006-08-25 23:14:52 · 5 answers · asked by Dawn C 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
If you lost a pregnancy then you should have gotten the rho-gram shot at that time. If you did then you have nothing to worry about. If you did not then they will kepp a close eye on you to see if you and the baby's blood are fighting.
I am rh- as are my three daughters.
I just read all the answers. Gosh ladies don't answer if you don't know what your talking about. You don't want to scare the crap out of the asker.
RH- is if you have any blood type followed by a -, like A-, AB-, O-. It is not uncommon and not anything to be nervous about. What happens is that if your baby's daddy has + blood that the baby could have + blood from his daddy. If during pregnancy the baby's blood mixes with mom's then the mom will build up antibodies to the baby's blood. Usually not a problum for that baby but it would be a problum if the mom ever got pregnant again with an rh- baby. You see...she would already have antibodies to the + blood. It would fight with the babies blood and cause the baby problems. It could be mild inemia up to misscarriage.
The thing is....during a normal pregnancy mom's and baby's blood do not mix. We are not built that way. It is not part of nature. But sometime something will happen to cause the blood to mix. Trama to the belly like falling down some staries or a car accident. Even an amino could cause mixing. But if you hav no trama during pregnany then there is no worries. Doctors routeinly give a rhogram shot (even without the belly trama) around 26 weeks of pregnancy. that shot will protect for 14 weeks.
During birth there is a greater chance of the blood mixing (especially if your doctor insists on pulling on the cord to get the placenta out vs. waiting till it is ready to come out) After the birth you have 24 hours to get another shot. They will test the baby's blood to see if baby is rh- or +. If baby is - then there is NO risk of developing antibodies so you don't need the shot. If baby is + then they will give you the shot while you are in the hospital.
Now when you have a misscarriage they need to give you the shot because you will have a greater chance of the blood mixing.
2006-08-26 04:59:06 · answer #1 · answered by Candice B 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not, but i met a girl in the ER on night (we were both experiancing threaten miscarriages) and she was RH-, she had to get a needle every 2weeks i think it was~ so her body wouldn't reject bubs, but her problem was she started bleeding and couldn't get the injectiong this time as she already had it during that week~ and your not allowed it more then once in a space of 2 weeks ~ and your risk of misscarriage is higher, i would find out soon as possible, so your doctor can start you under high supervision~ take care
2006-08-26 06:22:01 · answer #2 · answered by due~March~2007 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First get a appointment with your doctor as he will be aware of your situation, if you can not talk to your doctor the mid-wife`s will help you, A very good friend of mine is RH- and is pregnant for her sixth pregnancy, so do take care and the very best of luck.
2006-08-26 07:22:19 · answer #3 · answered by madge 51 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you should be safe...it thereatens the baby only when there is a separation of the placental barrier, when the Rhesus antibodies enter the baby and destorys the red blood cells causing anaemia
however there may not be overt signs of that, so regular follow-up and ultrasounds are improtant to check on the well-being of the baby
2006-08-26 06:39:55 · answer #4 · answered by KingRichard 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey i've never heard of RH- is rear blood group my god help you in finding a donor.
2006-08-26 08:32:58 · answer #5 · answered by irontatiara2003 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋