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I also heard that it is not routine to test and tell people their babies blood type. I am O- and DH is A+ so I was treated for the Rh factor. I know Tori is O+ becuase they had to test her to find out if Ineeded anymore anti D. DH only knew his from his blood donation card.
It is not a test that is routinely done after a baby is born. The heel ***** test (Newborn Screening Test) is not a test to see your baby's blood group it is a test to check for Cystic Fibrosis, PKU, Galactasemia, Hypothyroidism and other metabolic disorders. Any Mothers that are negative blood group or the baby becomes jaundiced will have there blood group attended after they are born but for most of the population we are positive blood group so we don't ever find out what our baby's are.
Also if your child ever needs a blood transfusion later in life they have to test the blood to find out what blood group it is and if there are any other things in there blood because recieving the wrong blood can have big problems.
If your baby was tested the hospital would have told you the results or have it written down some where on the papers that you take home.
Hope that helps you all with some of the information
I'm A+ and DH has NO idea what he is. Maddy's little red book doesn't say what her's is either...would be interested to know, and although it's not routinely tested, I would think it would be very beneficial to be able to give all new parents their child's blood type.
Liebling's cord blood will be tested as I'm A- and DH is A+. But neither of our parents were told with us what our blood groups were, we had to wait until we were old enough to donate blood before we found out (so I'm guessing MiL is positive, I know my mother is).
For donations, if you don't know (or rather, if the hospital don't know) your blood type then you're given O- blood as that won't cause any reactions. Yes, your blood will be tested for routine or nonessential blood donations so you get the right type, but in an emergency no-one worries about the blood type if you don't know it.