I am planning on having a baby. My blood type is A and my husbands is B. Is this a good combination?

Answer 1

It's not as simple as that, visit:

http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/newborn/babys_blood_type.html

Answer 2

It is really unimportant. There is no "good" or "bad" blood type, although people have pointed out, correctly, that the + or - can be important.

Depending on which type of A you are and which type of B your husband his (if either of you has an O parent, you will know you are AO or BO, respectively) your baby can have every possible bloodtype with that combination. If you are A carrying a recessive O (which is the same exact genotype as A without a recessive O-only genetics or pedigree will tell the difference) and your husband is B with a recessive O, your kid could be AB (A from you, B from hubbie), A (A from you, O from hubbie), B (O from you, B from hubbie) or O (O from you, O from hubbie.

While O is recessive, it's the most common allelle in the population, so most people who are A are AO and most people who are B are BO.

I suspect you're A+ and your husband is B+, because if you were neg, it'd be strange enough to be something you'd mention.

Answer 3

As everyone else has pointed out, there is (as far as anyone knows), no advantage or disadvantage in having any particular ABO blood group. However, you are a dream come true for students of genetics!

Having blood group A you have one of 2 possible genotypes (i.e. the genetic makeup underlying your blood group). You could be AA (inheriting A from both parents) or AO inheriting an A from one parent and O from the other. A produces a protein on the cell surface and O doesn't, so A is always dominant. Blood group B behaves in the same way, just substitute B for A.

As O is the most common variant, there is a good chance that you and your husband are both heterozygotes i.e. you are AO and he is BO. In this case, your children could have any blood group A, B, AB or O. There is no particular benefit to any of these, unless you need a blood transfusion - in this case you are lucky if you have blood group AB as they can receive blood from any donor. This is also the rarest group in the UK.

The only one of the blood groups that is an issue during pregnancy is rhesus factor. If you are rhesus negative and your husband is positive, then you could have a rhesus positive baby and when your blood mixes with the baby's you could develop antibodies against rhesus positive blood. There is treatment to prevent this, and the main risk is for second or later babies. You could find out your rhesus group and your husband's, although this would automatically be tested as part of ante-natal care. To be forewarned is to be forearmed, but there is no risk of this effect in early pregnancy.

Good luck with baby plans

Answer 4

There are very few advantages or disadvantages to any blood type. The other answers are very well informed, but several diseases are somewhat more prevalent among certain blood types. Examples include: smallpox with type A, norwalk virus and some rare forms of cancer (less than 1 in 10000 people are affected) with type O, and the black death with type B. There are also some advantages to certain blood types, though I am unable to provide any significant examples. There is a low correlation with some illnesses and a negative blood type, though this is based on a small study. Though generally all blood types are equal. There is also a C blood type, though it has only been reported in 3 people world wide, and as such no real data can be gathered from it.

Answer 5

There is no particular advantage of having one blood type over another. There should be no problems with your babies with respect to blood type. The problem comes with different Rh factors in blood. There is a problem if you are Rh(-) and he is Rh(+) especially for the second child after you have developed antiRh(+) bodies.
There is a possibility that your baby can have any of the blood types. It depends on whether you and your husband are homozygous or heterozygous for blood type. If you are homozygous, AA, and he is homozygous ,BB, then all of your children will have AB type of blood. If you are heterozygous, Ai, and your husband is hetrozygous, Bi, then you can have children with any of the common blood types---- i.e. A, B, AB or O.
Type AB is a universal recipient (can take blood from any type) and Type O is a universal donor. Other than that there is no particular advantage to any of the blood types.
More important is taking good care of yourself before and during pregnancy and providing a loving home for the baby.

Answer 6

A+ or A-? B+ or B-??

The letter is not the important part - the plus or minus is!! If it is your first baby you will be fine if you are neg and your husband is pos and the baby is pos. The second pos baby will be a problem as you will have built up antibodies to the pos and will attack it.

Answer 7

It's completely and utterly irrelevant. Much much more important is whether you are rhesus negative. If your huband is Rh+ then there could be issues, usually dealt with by a simple injection and not normally needed in first pregnancy.