hi
Is anyone with anegative blood group having to have invitro blood transfusions throughout their pregnancy.............any advice would be welcomed
thanks sue
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hi
Is anyone with anegative blood group having to have invitro blood transfusions throughout their pregnancy.............any advice would be welcomed
thanks sue
Hi SueW,
I'm Rh- I've had plenty of anti-d injections but never had a blood transfusion.
Hope someone here can help.
I'm O-neg and have had the anti-D injections too but never heard of invitro transfusions. I would find out more about it, the article Kelly posted explains what normally happens if you are a neg blood type. Good luck.
Yeah i'm neg too and never had transfusions. Don't need anti-d either.
Im O neg and had the anti D but no transfusions
Hi Sue,
I havent had to have any transfusions yet.
Hi antheia,
Just curious...Why dont you need to have the anti-d? I am O neg as well and have been told I will need to have it at 28weeks and 34 weeks.
I had a miscarriage a year and a half ago and had to have the anti d then as well.
Hi Ali,i don't need the anti-d because DH is also RH-Neg so no chance of bub being Pos. Both our children are Neg.
Thats good. thanks :)
yep i am neg as well and not one doctor has ever suggested getting DH's blood tested. is it somthing i should request? ideally i dont want to have it if i dont need to.
I wasnt asked totest DH either. We just got him tested and then gave the results to the midwife who put it in my file, that was with DD and i didnt have the shots. I did have a fight on my hands when pregnant with DS though and they guilted me into having it by saying there is still a posability that bub can be Positive. I have now researched for myself and now know its not true. They only say it because they dont know they you are telling the truth by saying your DH is infact the father, which i think is disgrasful. This time, my GP simply asked me if he was and was satisfied with my descion not to have it, which i think is a much more professional response.
oh right, i never even thought about that.. i guess it is possibile that someone would get their info wrong or tella fib. still i might ask if we can test DH anyhow.
You can find out your DH's blood type by getting him to donate blood too.
Is it a transfusion of blood, plasma, or a blood product called something like intragram or ivig you are having
I'm A-neg and needed no injections, but had one pushed on me post-birth.
I had NO antibodies in my system during pregnancy, due to no accidents involving bumpling, and NONE after a VERY invasive birth. Your body knows what it's doing - most of the time it's not needed.
I'm still fuming that the blood report stated "no antibodies found, recommend the injection is given" WHY recommend that? It wasn't needed? Why not let me know what's going on and let me decide instead?
I'm having all the blasted blood tests and anti d needles too, but no transfusions, so sorry, I can't help you there much either.
If I knew what blood type the Man is (he doesn't know, and neither does his Dad!) I mightn't have to go through all this (Steph is o-neg like me). Does anyone know how to find out what blood type you are? Do you need to get a referral from a dr?
A question for all other pg neg blood group ladies. Do you wear, or think it would be a good idea to wear a SOS type bracelet, especially if you are o-neg (as if you are o-neg, you can only have that blood type in transfusions, etc)?
Moving to preg general discussion, not a medical condition.
Netix- I have a blood card in my wallet that i was sent out after I had my blood tested and found out I was Onegative.
Rosehip Fairy- For your first child you dont need to have the anti d shot until straight after the pregnancy or a miscarriage. It was probably pushed on you after your first child as this will protect future children who may have rhesus positive blood from being attacked by your body. You wouldnt have had antibodies in your system in your first pregnancy as your body didnt recognise the baby as being something foreign (it only does this when your bloods are mixed which can be if you have a bleed or a bump and at birth). Your doctor was just trying to protect any furture pregancys you may have. He should have explained this to you though.
Im a -ve blood group and had 2x blood transfusions AFTER the birth of DD#1.....
good luck.
Ali, I got sent one of those cards during or after my last pg, even though I have always known what blood type I was. It was something Mum made sure that my Bro and I knew.
i know O-neg is meant to be the least common blood type, but my whole family is O-neg! (me, my brother, my late sister, Mum, Dad, Dad's new wife even, and Steph!) Still don't know what the Man is though :doh:
and me !!!!!! Wow, i didnt know that .......:
O-neg is meant to be the least common
We should all make sure that when we are not pregnant that we donate some blood. I have never doen it before but after all this it makes me think what if I needed to get a blood transfusion?? Anybody can take O neg blood as it is universal but we can only take O neg blood if we need a transfusion and nothing else. Makes you think hey..
One thing that a lot of people have said to me (and I dont know if it is true or not - it may just be the ppl I have spoken to) but I have heard that a lot of babies of Rh neg mums have babies with jaundice. Is this true of anyone on here??
Netix- Could you asked your mans mum what he is. She might know. That is how I found out what DP was.
Netix - would DH consider donating blood? If he does red cross will send him a donor card with his blood type. if he is negative then you dont need to have anti d
I asked the Man's Mum and Dad what type he is, but neither of them were able to tell me (Mum couldn't remember, Dad didnt know). Not sure I understand how you can forget what blood type your own child is? All the Man knows is that he was what was called then a "blue baby".
I would love to donate blood, and I think that would be my ultimate goal of getting past my fear of needles. If I could sit with a needle in me for more than just a few seconds, I will do it. When I was pg with Steph, my Dad actually volunteered to me that if I needed a transfusion that he would gladly give it up for me. I asked the nurse at pathology, and they said it would just go about the way it usually happens, donate, screen or whatever then donation to whoever. My Dad said that O-neg ppl make up only about 5% (I am sure that was the figure, but I could be wrong, so don't quote me on it!) of the population, and our family seems to be it!
I have no idea how the Man feels about it.
Steph wasn't jaundiced, but I don't know of any others to speak of.
O neg here and had a Jaundice baby - under the lights for 48-72 hours - he is a + blood type so we don't mix - but he was also born early so that may have contributed to the jaundice also....who knows thank God it's all gone now though
I am A- and bubs was A+. All went well but he was a little jaundice for a week or so. No transfusions needed! Donating blood for yourself would be a great idea tho if you are concerned!
I am A-, don't know what DP or Noah is. Never had transfusion but have had anti-d after miscarriages and with my pregnancies. Noah had a little jaundice but only for a week and never got below his belly button. I did keep him in the window to get sunlight for 30 mins a day though so that might have helped.
Actually, you don't NEED this injection just because you're -ve and baby is +ve. HUGE misconception. I had NO antibodies against rhesus factor in my blood, the tests showed that. But I got an injection I said I didn't want anyway.
And other babies? I'm not having another baby. So REALLY pointless injection for me. If all it does is mean I may have another baby then why give it to someone who isn't having another baby?
Hi there, I am O- and had anti d heaps of times, after 6 miscarriages, during 2 pregnancies and after the birth of my 2 children and will for this pregnancy and birth too.
I guess anything you put into your body we should be really aware about but I just trusted the doctors and had the needles. I will again too, might aswell seeing as Ive done it that many times before.
Never had a transfusion though, and neither of my children were jaundice.