I also wondered if there was a link in Rh-neg and miscarriage?

Question

I am 28 years old, I have a five year old daughter. Before I conceived her I lost a fetus at three months along subsquently I was told I am a- with rh factor. three months after, the dnc because the babys heart quit beating we concieved our little girl. This past october we went through the nightmare again at three months the babys heart quit beating resulting in another dnc. my husband and myself ask multiple times for a rogam shot. Knowing I used an IUD for birth control after our daughter whom is rh neg also was born. soon after having the iud placed in i had a positive pregnacy test and was told you can still concieve with and iud. so after having it removed four years later and conciving we knew we needed a rogam shot and was dienied. today I found out i am pregnant again.
We found a new doctor who ran atigen test which we were not informed existed. I want to know if there is a link in the pregnacys were the babys heart quit beating and rogam not given.

Answer 1

RhoGam is usually given at 28 weeks gestation. Your Rh factor should not have affected your first pregnancy. Were you given RhoGam after your first miscarriage?? If not, you might have developed an Rh incompatibility at that time and it could have had resulted in your second miscarriage, but only if the baby was positive. Do you know the result of your antigen test?? If it is neg. then your miscarriages had nothing to do with your neg Rh factor.
A great link with a lot of info on this is

http://folsomobgyn.com/rh_testing_and_rhogam.htm

I hope this helped and I'm sorry for your losses. Good luck!!!

Answer 2

If you're Rh-negative, there's a good chance that your blood is incompatible with your baby's blood, which is likely to be Rh-positive. You probably won't know this for sure until the baby is born, but in most cases you have to assume it, just to be safe.

Being "Rh-incompatible" isn't likely to harm you or your baby during this pregnancy, if it's your first. But if your baby's blood leaks into yours (as it can at certain times during pregnancy and at birth), your immune system will start to produce antibodies against this Rh-positive blood. If that happens, you'll become "Rh-sensitized" — and the next time you're pregnant with an Rh-positive baby, those antibodies may attack your baby's blood. Fortunately, you can avoid becoming Rh-sensitized by getting an injection of a drug called Rh immune globulin whenever there's a chance that your blood has been exposed to your baby's blood.

If you're Rh-negative and you've been pregnant before but didn't get this shot, another routine prenatal blood test will tell you whether you already have the antibodies that attack Rh-positive blood. (You could have them even if you miscarried the baby, had an abortion, or had an ectopic pregnancy.) If you do have the antibodies, it's too late to get the shot, and if your baby is Rh-positive, he's likely to have some problems. If you don't have the antibodies, then the shot will protect you from developing them.

I am Rh- and have so far had no complications during this pregnancy but this is my first. I did have Rhogam at 10 weeks due to minor spotting and will have another shot at my next visit which will be my 28 week visit. Whether or not being Rh- and incompatible with your baby's blood will cause the baby's heartbeat to just stop I am not sure but I have a friend who is also Rh-. She had no complications with her first and did receive Rhogam but apparently somewhere in her past she came in contact with Rh+ blood either from a miscarriage she did not know she had or something else. Her second child had minor complications and his blood had to be monitored for a certain infection after birth. Her third was a different story, she had to receive blood transfusions while in utero and after birth, but still did not make it. All of this was because her body recognized her baby's blood as an infection that it needed to cure.

All I can tell you is that if you did not receive Rhogam after your miscarraiges that it is quite possible your body recognizes your unborn child as an infection that it needs to cure but I am not sure if it would cause your fetus's heart to just stop beating. I wish I could offer more help but this is all I can find on the subject.
Good luck to you hon, and make sure your doctor does testing to see if you blood is producing antibodies to fight rh+ blood.

Answer 3

You really might want to further your investigation. I am O- and I was told that with any miscarriage you need to have a rhogam shot so that your body does not build up (some antibodies not sure what they are called) against further pregnancies. You may want to ask this new Dr if your miscarriages are connected with the lask of a rhogam shot after your miscaarriages. You should have also been given rhogam shots during the pregnancy with the child that you did have. One after the baby was delivered wouldn't be a problem because the baby was born rh negative.

Answer 4

Hi, i am RH neg, i have lost 2 babys but have had 2 healthy kids, and im on my 3rd.

You should be given an injection after a miscarriage, its called an anti d, this is stop your body from building anti bodies. They offer it to pregnant women as well now, i think it's given between 28-32 weeks.

Answer 5

It is possible, especially if your husband is Rh-positive. Your body sees the fetus as an infection and tries to fight it off. Good for you for finding a new doctor and good luck.

Answer 6

Hi. I may not be much help here but my wife is RH Neg and we had 2 mis-carriages. One carried about 3 months and the other one was less, but i can't remember exactly.

Answer 7

yes.

a mother that is negative, can't mix blood for a positive baby because her body makes up antigens that will kill the baby.
Her blood is going to recognize the fact that the positive blood isnt suppose to be there and try to rid her body of it, hince having a miscarrige.

Rogam however, straightens all of this problem out.
Most mothers are in fact given this drug, and it does not harm the body, or the baby.