2006-12-01 00:47:01 · 3 answers · asked by abdelwahab_hegeen 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
If this is your first pregnancy ther ewill be no rh incompatibility. You will need a rhogam shot at 20 weeks and after delivery (if you baby is rh positive.) You will also nned a shot if you miscarry or have an elective abortion. The shots are barely painful - they don't even hurt as bad as a mosquito bite.
It is only when you carry an rh positive baby without getting rhogam shots, that there is a problem. There is never a problem in the first pregnancy. It would be subsequent pregnancies that would be affected.
2006-12-01 00:56:31 · answer #1 · answered by chimomx3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The RhoGam shot is actually given closer to 28 weeks. I have had it done 8 times, so I know this for a fact.
I had to have the shot after both miscarriages, then I had to have it at week 28 with all 3 of my live births, and again the day after the births of each of my children.
There is no actual treatment, just the shot. I am Rh negative, and gave birth to 2 Rh positive babies.
The shot is given in your hip, by the way, and is a little painful.
2006-12-01 09:16:18 · answer #2 · answered by Jessie P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will have blood drawn and then days later get the RhoGam shot done around 28 weeks along. It doesn't hurt and it's in the hip.
After your baby is born, if you are RH negitive and the baby is RH positive. then you get another RhoGam shot within 72 hours of birth. Again you will have blood taken and get the shot in the hip. With each pregnancy, you will get blood tests done called "antibody titers" to make sure you are not developing antibodies.
2006-12-01 09:35:53 · answer #3 · answered by Holly C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋