Baby Blood Type

[Antheia]

I'm O- and DH is A-. DD is neg too but no idea what group she is. I never had the anti-D with her as i was told i didnt need it if we were sure DH's blood type was neg (he had a BT to prove to them). But with DS's pregnancy they bullied me into having it throughout the pregnancy saying that there was still a chance bub could be pos. I now know it's impossible! DS is A- like DH.

[Dragonbub]

I am A- and DH is A+. They tested bubs from his cord sample when he was born and held off giving me the Anti-D until the results came back. He was A- too so I didn't need the shot.

If you are -ve it means you have 2 -ve genes, as in -- if you are positive, you could either have two positives ++ or a positive and a negative +-. Therefore if you and your partner are both -ve you can only have -ve babies (-- plus --). It is harder if you are +ve cos then you wont know what your baby might be. (cheeky side note - if you are both negative and you have a positive baby...you have some explaining to do!).

I find it really facinating. We both found out our blood type when we gave blood. O- is the universal donor - they can give blood to ANYONE so very handy to have one in the family