Blood groups
*typing all this v. quickly so I can get off this scary grown-up forum and back to the safety of ttc*
My blood group is A- and hubby doesn't know what his is. I've done quite a bit of reading up on how this can potentially cause problems with second births (if baby is + and mother's body tries to reject baby), but didn't think it mattered for a first birth.
However, I bought a book at the weekend which says that as I am - hubby will need to have a blood test to establish his blood type, in order to ascertain whether or not our baby wil have + or - blood type. Why? I thought you only had an anti-D for subsequent births, not your first?
Does anyone know? Sorry for haste!
My blood group is A- and hubby doesn't know what his is. I've done quite a bit of reading up on how this can potentially cause problems with second births (if baby is + and mother's body tries to reject baby), but didn't think it mattered for a first birth.
However, I bought a book at the weekend which says that as I am - hubby will need to have a blood test to establish his blood type, in order to ascertain whether or not our baby wil have + or - blood type. Why? I thought you only had an anti-D for subsequent births, not your first?
Does anyone know? Sorry for haste!
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I don't know my oh's blood type and neither does he. BUT even if your oh is rh- they will give you anti-D anyway so there's no point getting his blood tested. I think it's "just in case" you have slept with someone else! Mad eh! But they have to be sure.
Congratulations, btw! xxxx
Louise 25 +4
You need anti-D after a miscarriage as well...I know a woman who had 1 mc (a sad coincidence) and then another which was due to the negative blood. But once they tested her they realised and gave her the anti-D, she has 2 kids now. xxxx
I'm looking forward to making the move over here permanent but not quite ready yet.... *scurries back to ttc*
She had no anti D injections or anything and all her kids are healthy and so is she and never had problems. I hate the anti D injection......
OUCH!