I am pregant and i am positive for anti-e. what does it do to baby?

Answer 1

You have probably heard of someone who has had tested Rh negative in pregnancy, they have anti D. This is a similar thing.

Anti e/E is a type of Red blood cell alloimmunization, that is to say your body produced antibodies to protect your red blood cells, probably from a previous pregnancy or a blood/organ transfusion. The concern is that this may pose a problem for the baby if any of the antibodies from your blood attack the baby's red blood cells. The problem which may occur is known as hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) or fetus.

This is a complicated question. The article below gives a good overview of the problems though it focuses on anti D, which is more common and more problematic for babies.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=rbcantigen.chapter.ch4

Try to get a general understanding of the problem, then have a chat with your doctor or midwife to go over your particular issues. From what I understand, anti-e is rarely associated with HDN.

I hope this helped a little. Good luck and I wish you and baby good health.

Answer 2

I really don't know. I googled Anti-e and finally found something. But it was for education in blood testing.

It seems to require specific types of blood (not blood type) should a baby need a transfusion.

Sorry I couldn't do better for you. Good luck with your new family addition...

Answer 3

Sounds scary, talk to your doctor, but I was able to find this. Hope it helps.