if both parents have type 0 negative and they have a child, what blood type will the child most likely have? also, isn't there a possible problem with the mommy/child pregnancy??
the reason for the question, if it helps any, is that a friend at work had a still born child with her second pregnancy. we understand it to be because she was type 0 negative blood type and her body built up an immunity to the child.
please assist with this question. thank you!!!
2006-09-27 15:05:53 · 8 answers · asked by celticdragon 6 in Health ➔ Women's Health
If both parents are O Negative (Rh negative also called D negative) then the baby HAS to be O Negative. If this is the case, then that is not why the baby died. There are quite a few birth defects that can cause a stillborn baby. However, if the mom is O Negative (D negative) and the dad is O Positive (D Positive) and this is a second pregnancy for mom then mom might have made an antibody against the Rh Positive gene which we call Anti-D during or shortly after the first pregnancy. What happens is that some of the babies Rh Positive cells manage to get into the moms circulation 0 usually during birth. The mom's body recognizes these cells as foreign and attack the foreign cells by making the Anti-D. This doesn't hurt anything until the mom gets pregnant again with another Rh Positive (D positive) child. The Anti-D crosses the placenta and then destroys the baby's red blood cells before the baby is born. Sometimes the baby is born alive but very sick with what is called Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (HDN) or hydrops faetalis. The sick baby needs exchange transfusions with Rh negative blood. This condition is now almost 100% preventable by giving all Rh negative pregnant women a shot called Rh Immune globulin (brand name Rhogam) during week 26 or so and again after delivery and also if the mom has an amniocentesis or gets in an accident like a fall or car accident.
Rh negative women should also get this shot after abortions and miscarriages. Prevention is the key - that is why all pregnant women should get to the doctor right away!
Just last week we had an Rh neg mom with Anti-D deliver an Rh positive baby. So far the baby is doing fine and has not had to have transfusions yet. The baby is in NICU and is having lots and lots of lab work to monitor her condition.
2006-09-27 15:25:20 · answer #1 · answered by petlover 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If the mother's blood type is negative, she will receive an injection of Rhogam during the pregnancy. After the baby is born, if the baby has a positive blood type, she will received another injection within 72 hours of birth. Rhogam prevents the build up of these antibodies.
There are other incompatabilities with blood types that aren't related to Rh factor.
2006-09-27 22:13:27 · answer #2 · answered by trivial 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The baby will get the father's blood type. I know that if the rH factors are different, there can be some complications if the mother does not receive the injections needed.
My mother was O negative and my father was A positive. When I was born, I had jaundice. I was in the neonatal ICU for a few weeks under special lamps to get rid of the jaundice. This is the most common problem with different rH factors. I don't think that this would cause a still born baby.
2006-09-27 22:19:34 · answer #3 · answered by moonstar925 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm type o neg and I had to take injections bc of my blood type. They said if dad was a positive type blood there would be serious complications and that immunity thing that u are talking about. I understood it to mean the danger was only if the father had a positive blood type, but I don't know. I even have to carry around cards in my wallet in case of an emergency so doctors will know my blood type and know that I had rhogam injections (antibodies). Both my babies are perfectly healthy. Father is type A positive. Children have my type O negative.
2006-09-27 22:13:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
First Onegative is the universal donor blood. If the father is Opositive there is a diagnosis called RH factor. When a baby is born with RH factor, there is a blood transfusion to help the baby. But, still born can be many reasons besides blood so do not second guess the cause.
It is my understanding that if both parents are type O then the baby is type O.
2006-09-27 22:10:58 · answer #5 · answered by banananose_89117 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The different blood types has to do with different antigens in the body. This is why people cannot "share" different types of blood. In the case of the pregnancy most women will have to take shots if either they or their partners are o- (I think, could be 0+) to avoid her body rejecting the child after a period of time.
2006-09-27 22:11:51 · answer #6 · answered by seabrain 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The child would be O negative for sure. Each parent has two recessive O genes so the baby gets one from each. As for birth defects, I don't know.
2006-09-27 22:16:52 · answer #7 · answered by just wants to know 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the child will have the fathers blood type, but there can be complications, so talk to your doctor
2006-09-27 22:09:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋