2006-11-04 11:06:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Trying to Conceive
In addition to the Rh factor issue, there is something called AB-O incompatibility, and it also causes jaundice in newborns. My first had it (I'm O-, and she's A+). I'm not sure of the mechanism, but the going logic is that she was exposed to my blood via an electrode placed in her scalp shortly before birth (to monitor her heart rate/oxygen status--totally unrelated to this). Anyway, she was jaundiced and needed light therapy for about 7 days or so. There doesn't seem to be any way to predict this, and my second one didn't have this problem. Good luck!
2006-11-04 11:42:53 · answer #1 · answered by Used_to_know 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the mother is a negative blood type, they will have to give her a shot while she is pregnant. its just a precaution for blue baby syndrom. if a mother is a negative blood type and the baby is a positive, it can cause problems. if the moms blood and the babys blood mix at some point, the mothers body will build up antibodies against that blood type. it wont cause a prob with the first baby, but it could with the second, because the mothers body would attack the baby. but its really not as big of a deal as it sounds. it used to be, but now they know what causes it, and just give the pregnant woman a shot. and that keeps anything bad from happening.
2006-11-04 11:11:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on the rh factor of the mother and father. If a fater is positive, and the mother is negative, and the fetus is postive, then during the birth process the baby's blood mixes with the mothers, the rh positive blood causes the mother to create antibodies to rh postive blood. this causes a problem if the mother plans to become pregnant again because if she becomes pregnant with a second baby that is rh positive, the antibodies in her blood will terminate the pregnancy.
2006-11-04 11:10:30 · answer #3 · answered by Mayor McKim 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Negative RH blood will have to have a shot of Rhogam or something similar during the first trimester of pregnancy
2006-11-04 14:52:08 · answer #4 · answered by stazia81 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rh - can cause problems for your second pregnancy if you haven't had a Rhogam shot. Ask your Dr. for the shot if you have been pregnant before and are Rh-. It will not be a problem for your firts pregnancy though.
2006-11-04 11:19:37 · answer #5 · answered by babygurl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See link. I was O- and my babie were A+
2006-11-04 11:10:41 · answer #6 · answered by saved_by_grace 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
check out this website
hope it answers your question
2006-11-04 11:09:23 · answer #7 · answered by ohiogirl27 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think your blood type has anything to do with it.
your family history does..your previous history(pregnancy if you have had one)
2006-11-04 11:08:17 · answer #8 · answered by mommy2savannah51405 6 · 0⤊ 6⤋