If RH factor is a protein present on Red Blood Cells?

Question

does that mean it has a purpose? Is it there to prevent women who lack the protein, from having children with a man who DOES have it?
I think it's an interesting topic worthy of discussion, but nowhere can I find a discussion of it. I am RH-, which is rare and it only causes problems when women produce babies who are RH+ after giving birth to their first baby who was also RH+. If I were to get pregnant again with an RH+ child (which can only happen if the father is RH+), then my body would reject the baby as being foreign. Since I recieved the Rho-Gam injection, am I safe for future pregnancies of RH+ babies? How has Rho-Gam changed my physiology.

Answer 1

i am Rh- and my hubby is Rh+ and we have had five kids that have all been Rh+. My first baby i miscarried at 22 weeks my second was born 10 weeks premature, my third was born 7 weeks prem and our bloods had mixed causing him some probs,my fourth was born full term but yet again our bloods mixed causing her some probs and my fifth was 6 weeks early and he has had a few probs to so i would say if u have a baby that's Rh+ u may have a few probs coz i have and a few women i know also have but remember every woman is different.

Answer 2

I don't know the answers to all of your questions, but I can answer a few of them. I am RH- and have had one miscarriage and two children, and have received several shots of Rho-Gam. The Rho-Gam prevents your body from producing the antibodies that protect you from your baby's RH+ red blood cells. So as long as you receive your Rho-Gam at your 28th week of pregnancy and then again following the birth, if your baby is RH+, then any subsequent RH+ babies should be safe.

As for your physiology, I don't believe it changes it at all. I believe the Rho-Gam only stays in your system a short while and then gradually leaves your system. That is why you need more than one shot of it.

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Answer 4

"Is it there to prevent women who lack the protein, from having children with a man who DOES have it?" I doubt it since not everyone on this planet actually knows their blood type when they get married or want to start a family with someone of the opposite sex. I had the Rho-Gam injection after my first pregnancy but ten years later found it didn't work. My daughter was an emergency C-Section because she was positive and I am negative. Of course I find it very interesting since on my birth certficate I states my blood type as being positive...I've never been able to figure that one out.

Answer 5

I too, am RH- (Their dad is A+) and have given birth to 3 beautiful children. I'm 40 yrs. old and it hasn't affected my physiology, or the health of my children. Just make sure you're given the rho-gam, and you take re of yourself before, during and after your pregnancy. Good luck!

Answer 6

i have negative blood also. if you received rho-gam with one child, your future pregnancies will be protected. as for the in's and out's of the whole thing, you would probably have to talk with someone that specializes in blood work and pregnancy.

Answer 7

I am also RH- and have been pregnant twice. I had to have the RhoGam shot with each pregnancy(actually had it 2x's with my son) Once during my pregnancy and then after I gave birth in case their were any of his antibodies left inside me so my body wouldn't attack them.

Answer 8

I had the same issue but I was giving shots thought out my pregnancy, and then again after I have my babies, yes I did it three times, as long as the dr you have is up to date you or any woman shouldn't have any issues.

Answer 9

if you had to have a rho-gam shot in one pregnancy then you will need to have those shots in any future pregnancy you have.