i have just miscarried at 11 weeks could it be due to me not getting an anti d jag after my 1st child?

Question

Im rhesus neg and my daughter is rhesus pos. The doctors have told me that i should have been given an anti d jag within hours of my daughter being born and dont know why i was not given it. I found out i was pregnant but started to bleed very slightly at 11.5 weeks. when i went for an emergency scan i was told that there was no heart beat and had to have a D and C op 2 weeks ago. I am convinced it happened because the antibodies my body produced were attacking my babys red blood cells causing me to miscarry. when asking the doctors about it they dont seem too convincing when they are saying that it would not have caused the miscarriage can anyone give any advice on this please

Answer 1

I always thought that a rhesus neg mother had to have the anti d after the birth of the first child, to prevent this very scenario from happening.
Go and see your own GP and ask as many questions until you get some real answers, you don't want to go through anything like this again, it really is the most awful experience.

Answer 2

I am Rh negative and have done a good amount of research on the topic. Here is a very good article as far as explaining EVERYTHING. http://www.webmd.com/content/article/4/1680_51841.htm
When you first found out you were pregnant, they should have tested your blood for the type, but also to see if you had already become sensitized (your body had already started making antibodies against the Rh protein.) Did they do this? When you miscarried, they should have also given you a Rhogam(or whatever they call it where you are) shot if you had not previously been sensitized. Did they do this? If not, it sounds like you have had some severely incompetent doctors so far.
I would say that based on my understanding of what the possible complications are if you are sensitized, a miscarriage isn't likely, it is more likely that the problem would be a disease called "Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn" (see information in the article under that heading for more information). And it sounds like what that means is that the baby could be born with excess fluid throughout the body, anemia and jaundice. So during the pregnancy they would monitor baby more closely and possibly intervene by doing a transfusion before baby's even born, deliver the baby early, or have medication and transfusions ready when baby is born. So take a look at the article, so that you can better understand what medical care you should get in future, and that the miscarriage was probably not caused by sensitization to Rh proteins.

Answer 3

All I can tell you is that women usually don't have miscarriages because of that. It usually takes a while for the body to reject the child or to fight off the childs red blood cells. Children may be born early but nothing more, and they may require transfussions. I am no doctor though, I can only go by what I hear other people say as I have never had this happen to me before. My friend had it happen to her twice and both times the child was delivered early by C section because of the problems.

I would tend to think that maybe if you have this problem that there could be other genetic factors in there as well, and maybe there was something severly wrong with the baby so the body naturally allowed your baby to go. I am sorry I don't know gentler way to put it. I have had a miscarriage and there is just no nice way to say it, it is still painfull.

I do recall one lady telling me that after her first child and finding this very same problem the doctor advised her not the have another because worse things could happen. She only has one cchild because of this. I don't know what the worse things were though as the conversation was about six years ago.

I am sorry that this has happened to you, and I wish I could make you feel better, but I know it will be a while.

Answer 4

I would highly recommend that you contact the Miscarriage Association. They can supply you with information and support. Ask your GP to refer you to a specialists. there are a range of blood tests to test for known risk factors, see someone independent from your current doctors. You will be told, and it is true, that a high proportion of all pregnancies end in miscarriage, however, get tested straight away, do not be put off until you have a second or third miscarriage.
Having a miscarriage is as distressing as any bereavement, just do not expect many people to believe or understand this.

Answer 5

It could be...you are going to have to get more information on the topic. Being negative you should have had rhogam shots during your pergnancy and within 72 hours because your daughter is positive. You might want to ask for a second opinion if your miscarriage was due to the fact that you didn't get a shot of rhogam.

Answer 6

sorry to hear of your loss.I'm Rh neg my self so i had to get the shot so should you have . check out the laws for such a thing....you might be able to take this to court. i know it wont bring back your baby but it might help some other couple not have to go through this them selves


praying can help ease the pain of your loss

Answer 7

i dont know the answer but i just want to say im sory about your loss
kelly xx xx

Answer 8

i always thought you had it when baby was being born i must be wrong i am very sorry for your loss

Answer 9

sweetie it was nothing you did wrong, sometimes things like this unfortunally happen