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Question

Why is it that if you are pregnant with the Rh factor but your fetus doesnt have it and you have to get a shot for it why does the baby always die if you miss one?

Answer 1

If you are Rh+,there is no problem,
but if you are Rh-,and fetus is Rh+,your body don't recognize "that Rh+",
and than your body start battle,
the same happened when you have some virus (influenza)!

Answer 2

There are several reasons:
1. Your body doesn't recongize the fetus and thinks that it is a bacteria so it starts to attack it trying to rid your body of this "bacteria".
2. If for some reason you and the baby share blood before delivery (car accident ect.) it can hurt you and the child
3. When you deliver the child you two come in contact with blood and fluids this can hurt you and the child.
4. If you don't get the shot when you go to have another child the chances are very slim, because whether or not it is RH your body attacks it right away even before it has a chance.
5. RH works this way:
* if you or your partner are Rh then you have to get the shot during pregnancy, if you and the Child are RH you only have to get that one shot during the pregancy
* if you or your partner are Rh and your child is born without the rh then you have to get the shot during and after pregnancy and your child must also get it. Hope this answers all

Answer 3

The baby does NOT always die if you do not get the rhogam shot. This shot is a precautionary measure.

If you have a negative blood type, and the baby could possibly have a positive blood type, and your blood comes in contact with the baby's blood (which does not happen under normal circumstances) Your blood would "attack" the positive blood, as it would be seen as a foreign object.

Since most the time, the blood does not mix, it probably won't kill the baby if you don't get it. But IF the blood does come in contact with each other, (like if there is a rupture in the placenta) then your baby could be still born or very anemic.

You get the rhogam shot at 28 weeks normally and then after birth, if the baby's blood type IS positive. If the baby is Negative blood type, there is nothing to worry about. :)

I hope I helped you understand the RH factors a little bit more.

Answer 4

The RH factor (from Reeses Monkey's) is a missing antibody within the mother. For instance if the mother is RH negative and the fetus is RH positive, the mothers system fights against the foreign intruder (RH+). If the mother doesn't get the shot after abortion, misscarriage or giving birth, the mothers system becomes that much stronger against the intruder (RH+) thus any future pregnancies the mothers system has the ability to kill the fetus.

Answer 5

The Rh factor involves a particular antibody in your blood. If the mother is Rh- and the father is Rh+, then the mother's body will attack the embryo (who will most likely have Rh+ blood). This will kill the baby. The shots keep the mother's body from reacting to the baby and attacking it. The letter portion of the blood type doesn't matter in this issue. If the mother is Rh+, then it doesn't matter.

Answer 6

i'm RH unfavourable and all my babies are RH helpful. I had to have the shot with each and each being pregnant. My babies have been born healthful and are actually mum and dad themselves. the only time they provide you the Rhogam shot is while your better half has a good blood type and there's a threat that the infant is additionally helpful or if the daddy's RH ingredient is unknown. The shot prevents your unfavourable blood from contaminating the infant's for the time of start. this might reason miscarriage or fetal dying. If the infant's helpful blood mingles with yours, you ought to get RH affliction. The nurse provide you the shot interior the muscle of your butt or hip. This anti serum is thick and takes a jiffy yet is needed as a results of fact of your blood type. you will additionally settle for a card to hold on your wallet that identifies you as having had the Rhogam shot. With each and each being pregnant after this one you will ought to get yet another dose of Rhogam. you would be positive and could grant a healthful infant as long as you persist with your healthcare expert's instructions.

Answer 7

If the mom's blood is negative, and the babies blood is positive. Without the shot, the mom's immune system can actually attack the baby during birth (as if it were a disease). My mom had the RH factor with all her kids (she's 0 negative, we're all O positive), and had to do the shots.

Actually, she had her first kid just fine without the shots (they weren't invented yet) - quite often the first baby can survive because the first one can get through before the mom's body fully recognized and is ready for a positive blood "foreign invader," by the time the second baby comes, the mom's body is ready for it, and can attack the baby quite quickly.

Answer 8

This is sad, I know someone who lost her baby recently from the RHFactor. Now she has to take the shot each time she is pregnant.
Sometimes the babys blood can leak out into the mother and the mother builds antibodies against it and it starts treating the baby like its a foreign object.
The shot stops the mom from reacting to RH pos. red cells. and attacking the baby.

Answer 9

if you are rh+ your baby will be rh+.

problems arise when you are rh- and the baby is rh+ since you and your baby will share blood through the placenta. there shouldn't be problems with the first rh+ baby, however it's blood will make your blood create anitbodies against the rh so in subsequent pregnancies, an rh+ baby would be miscarried.

i think i got that right. sorry if i screw up my details. i haven't been in school for a year =P

Answer 10

if you are RH NEG and babys Dad is RH POS, then baby could be RH POS. You blood antigens could attack babies positive antigens and recognise them as an invader. The shot prevents damage is your blood mixes. If dad is RH NEG as well, then its a non issue and no shot needed. Baby will be RH neg too