My boyfiend has sickle cell trait & my blood type is RH negative will this cause any issues with our children?

Answer 1

Your boyfriend could pass on the trait, but unless you have the trait and don't know it, your child will at the worst have only the trait (which he or she could then pass on to your grandchildren).

Your Rh blood type has nothing to do with sickle cell. If you are Rh negative and your boyfriend is Rh positive, this can cause the baby to be Rh positive (as in O+ blood) which is not a problem for the baby but can affect subsequent pregnancies. Mothers are given Rho-Gam to prevent problems with future pregnancies. If you are really worrying about all of this, you should talk to your doctor who can recommend genetic counseling. If people who have the trait were as concerned as you are about this, there might be fewer people with sickle cell disease.

Answer 2

Yes, there is always the risk that the Sickle Cell trait will be passed onto your children. It depends on your boyfriend's Rh factor. If he is a Rh positive, then if the child inherits that, you would need to get a Rhogam shot after the birth of the first child with Rh positive factor to prevent any complications with future pregnancies.

Answer 3

Those two factors aren't related to each other.

Your children would have 50% chance of having sickle cell trait since it is heterozygous.

If the father is homozygous RH positive, then your children would all be RH positive. The doctors would give you a dose of Rhogam after the child is born to keep from having problems with carrying a second RH positive child.

If the father is heterozygous RH positive, then your children woud have an equal chance of being positive or negative.

Answer 4

These are two separate issues but both of them possibly can. 1) If your boyfriend has sickle cell trait, but you don't, half your children will have sickle cell trait and if any of those procreate with other sickle cell carriers, they can have SS offspring (your grandchildren).
2) The RH issue is more pressing. If your boyfriend is RH+, then you may have on the 2nd and subsequent offspring hydrops fetalis which can be life threatening to a newborn.

Answer 5

Rhesus Negative Blood Traits

Answer 6

Your children have a 50%/50% chance of inheriting sickle trait. If he is Rh positive, your second child and beyond are at risk for hemolytic disease, but this can be completely prevented with Rho-Gam.

Answer 7

Rhesus Negative Traits

Answer 8

Being RH damaging has NO impression on the intercourse of your baby. Being RH damaging could be a concern, whether, if the toddlers father is RH helpful and the youngster inherits the RH pos. from Dad. if that's so, if your blood co-mingles with infant's blood, your immune gadget ought to start up attacking infant with probably severe part outcomes for infant. acceptable pre-natal care is important in Rh neg pregnancies, because of the fact the wide-unfold practitioner grants you scientific care to stay away from this from happening.

Answer 9

thank you! valuable information and it offers me better insight on the topic

Answer 10

I think it depends