Rhesus negative bloodtype??

Question

I think i`m rhesus neg as i remember having to get an injection after having my son,what exactly does this mean?is this a rae bloodtype or something?

I don`t remember asking any questions as i was in a bit of a daze after going into very premature labour,just curious,thanx.

Answer 1

Blood type tests are done before a person receives a blood transfusion and to check a pregnant woman's blood type. Human blood is classified, or typed, according to the presence or absence of certain markers (called antigens) on the surface of red blood cells. Blood type may also be done to see if two people are likely to be blood relatives (for instance, to help establish paternity when it is in question).

The most important antigens are blood group antigens (ABO) and the Rh antigen. Therefore, the two most common blood type tests are the ABO and Rh tests. Although there are other ways to type blood, these two tests are the most common.

Rh blood type is especially important for pregnant women. A potential problem arises when a woman who has Rh-negative blood becomes pregnant with a baby (fetus) that has Rh-positive blood. This is called Rh incompatibility. If the blood of an Rh-positive baby mixes with the blood of an Rh-negative woman during pregnancy or delivery, the mother's immune system produces antibodies. This antibody response is called Rh sensitization and, depending on when it occurs, can destroy the baby's red blood cells.

Rh sensitization does not usually affect the health of the baby during the pregnancy in which the sensitization occurs. However, the baby of a future pregnancy is more likely to be affected if the baby's blood type is Rh-positive. Once sensitization has occurred, the baby can develop mild to severe problems (called Rh disease, hemolytic disease of the newborn, or erythroblastosis fetalis). If untreated, complications from sensitization can, in rare cases, lead to the death of an Rh-positive baby.

An Rh test is done in early pregnancy to detect a woman's blood type. If she is Rh-negative, she can receive an antibody injection called Rh immune globulin (such as RhoGAM) that almost always prevents sensitization from occurring. Problems arising from Rh sensitization have become very rare since the Rh immune globulin injection was developed

Answer 2

this is the distribution of blood type
Blood type and Rh
How many people have it?

Type & Rhesus

O + 40 % of people have this type
O - 7 %
A + 34 %
A - 6 %
B + 8 %
B - 1 %
AB + 3 %
AB - 1 %

So you need to know the blood type as well as Rhesus, but overall Rhesus negative is rare as you can see

Answer 3

Rh negative means that in pregnancy, if your baby's blood mixes with yours and the baby's blood is a different type, your body could start producing antibodies against that other blood type and it could harm the next baby you have. Usually, blood doesn't mix between mother and fetus until labor, when your body starts making the antibodies. Then, the next baby you conceive, the antibodies in your body start working against it and it will die. The shots you receive during third trimester and after birth keep your body from making those antibodies, so there is no danger. I didn't have to have the shot after my daughter's birth because her blood was identical to mine. But you get the first shot with every pregnancy, just in case. They didn't discover this for a long time, and there are a lot of women who miscarried for no obvious reason because their blood was RH negative and it produced the antibodies that killed the baby.

Answer 4

It's not exactly a rare blood type. What it means is that if you have a baby that is a positive blood type, not negative like you (and me) your body may produce antibodies against this 'strange' blood type. Your first baby will be fine but there may be problems with a second baby because your blood will have the antibodies already in it. The injection is called an anti D - stops you producing antibodies against positive blood types. They should have given you a leaflet to explain this.

Answer 5

I am b- blood type. During my second pregnancy, my blood mixed with the babies, therefore making her very ill. She had to be induced 4 weeks early, or brain damage or worse would have happened. She got a blood transfusion at half an hour old, she was severly aneamic, jaundiced, but a good birth weight for a month early. She is a healthy 2 year old running riot with her big sis. Unfortunitley we have been advised not to have anymore children cause the next one would not be so lucky, as it gets worse with every pregnancy. Just be glad you have a healthy child !!!!!!

Answer 6

The injection was Rhogam. It is given to rH-negative mothers who give birth to rH negative babies.

It prevents the mother from forming antibodies, should she become pregnant with another rH-positive child.

Usually the mother does not form antibodies in the first pregnancy, but become sensitized, so that future pregnancies (with rH-positive children) would be at risk.

Answer 7

Does your son have rh positive child??? If you are a rh negative and ur son is a rh positive then u will get an injectiin containing anti-rh(D) antibody.

Reason:

In such cases sensitisation of mother to her baby's rh antigen takes place and antibodies against them gets formed. these antibodies can travel through your womb to the next baby and if the next pregnancy is also rh +ve then these can cause severe reaction to the fetus......giving rise to destruction of red blood cells........giving rise to a medical condition called haemolytic disease of the newborn........ it may also lead to abortions dear

the injection u got was given to neutralise such antibodies in order to prevent such risks..

Answer 8

If you had a jag it probably was of Anti D. This means that your son has Rh+ blood and you now have antibodies to this type in your system. Consequently if you had another + child in future you would miscarry. The injection prevents this.

Rh+ blood is commonly known as Universal blood as it can be given to anyone. If you watch ER or suchlike programmes you will always hear them asking for Oneg.

Answer 9

Rh negative is much more less common than positive, but there are still a lot of people out there with Rh negative blood. We just need to get them to donate.

Answer 10

the problem with being rhesus - occurs when you become pregnant, because if your baby has rhesus+ from the fathers genes then their blood can begin to attack yours as the + is stronger, this is easily treated now by doctors who can give something to prevent blood from crossing to yours.

most people are rhesus + in the UK but blood groups vary across the globe has to how frequent they are.