Rh (D) Negative Women

[Tulp]

Seems it is recommended that for all pregnancies, all Rh (D) negative women should receive RH (D) immunoglobulin injections at 28 and 34 weeks gestation as well at at delivery.

I was under the impression that if the husband is also from the Negative group the baby will be a Neg. Why then would the Doc recommend I take the jabs?

Anyone?

[OM]

Perhaps the Dr just want's to be safe and cover his own butt!

If you really think about it! I am not saying this is in your case but what if a woman was negative and pregnant and said this is the father and he is negative too they test the father sure enough he is negative and then he turns out to not be the father!

Best be safe then sorry! In the Dr's case anyway!;)

[Tulp]

Ah ok.. So there's nothing to worry about then. :)

[reAllytee]

If your partner is the father of the child & he is a negative then there is no reason to have the Anti-D so as Oscars mum said maybe your Ob is covering his butt. So i would say go have your hubby tested to prove what blood type he is to show him but also remember they cant force you to have the injections you have to sign a consent form beforehand to agree to it so you can always say no.
But if your partner/father of the child is a positive then i would advise having the shots in both your best interests there are some threads you can search for where it has been discussed before.
Good luck !

[OM]

Ah ok.. So there's nothing to worry about then. :)


Nope ;) ;) ;)

[Tulp]

DH says he's a neg but he's going to get tested just so to be be sure and on the safe side.

My doc said it's really up to us.

[OM]

Have you researched as to why you should get the injection?

[OM]

Oh and I forgot to say the shot you get after you have bub's isn't a routine shot, it is only done routinely if bub is a positive blood type!;)

[Mummy2my5]

I have had 4 bubs and i am O neg blood type,father O pos. I have been reading a few threads on here and ladies talking about these anti-d injections during pregnancy,the only anti d shot i got was after babies were born and their blood group checked then if they were pos i had to get a shot. I am trying for #5 so i guess i need to know this information as well. When i do fall i will certainly be checking with my gp what the go is.:confused:

[angelickaren]

hi this is to sweatpea20977 i was the same i had two boys and had shots only after the birth and if they were +ive but this was due to the anti d shot in australia was in short supply my ob told me this and now they have enough they give this to you now during your pregnancy i am now 34 weeks so i am due for mine this week i had a car accident at 20 weeks they also gave me a shot due to if you have a bleed and the other one was given at 28 weeks

to sheelah i guess your ob just wants to make sure you are ok and bubs so i guess there is no harm to baby with this injection so i guess he wants to be safe if you are unsure ask him good luck

[Mummy2my5]

Thanks so much for that angelickaren,i have been wondering if it was my doctors that were not telling me something...:confused:

[Tulp]

Have you researched as to why you should get the injection?

Yes I have. I was just wondering why still say it's better to have it even after we told her my DH is a neg too. Guess in this day and age you can never tell ... oh well once we've confirmed my DH's blood type and if it's a neg for sure.. we will choose not to have the jabs. As far as I know 2 negs can't give you a pos.

[OM]

As far as I know 2 negs can't give you a pos.

Exactly!:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Worm'sMum]

I guess the doc is just trying to cover all bases...they have to do it now in this day and age. If they don't recommend it and it turns out the father is pos, they could be sued etc. Not that I'm saying your DH is wrong but I think the docs use it as a general rule, if that makes sense? Ultimately it's your choice.

I had to have the anti D injections as we don't know DH's blood type. DD is negative like me so I didn't have to have the one after she was born. And unless we find out DH is neg for the next one, I'll have them again.But if DH gets tested and is neg I probably wouldn't either.

Hope that all makes sense!! I went on a bit of a ramble!:ecomcity:

[SammyD]

All well & good for the docs to cover their butts...but not so good for the poor old patients having to have unnecessary interventions!

I thought that Rh factor wasn't an issue in 1st pregnancies unless there had been bleeding or an amnio, etc? And that shot was only given after the bub tested positive?

[OM]

I thought that Rh factor wasn't an issue in 1st pregnancies unless there had been bleeding or an amnio, etc? And that shot was only given after the bub tested positive?

No it is given especially with first pregnancies! Because it can cause problems for future pg if you bleed and do not get the injection!;)

[Tulp]

Yep DH is a O neg - confirmed. So am going to tell my Doc on my next visit that we don't want/need the jabs. :smiliedance:

[OM]

Yep DH is a O neg - confirmed. So am going to tell my Doc on my next visit that we don't want/need the jabs. :smiliedance:


Oh that is great that you don't have to endure those nasty needles anymore!:yes:

[Tulp]

:) havn't started on the jabs yet. She mentioned it in our last visit after my blood group was confirmed. So no jabs for me. No needles is always good :D

[reAllytee]

You lucky ducky :thumbsup:

[bronny-jane]

its change so much since i had my last dd, at the time with her it was only for first time mums, but now its for everyone:D

i just hope this time i get a midwife who's done it before:eek:

[Tulp]

cjb/jbvd 2 neg does not give you a pos. Not from what I have read. It would be interesting to know where you derived your information from.

RH Disease (http://www.chkd.org/High_Risk_Pregnancy/rhdiseas.asp)

The Rhesus Factor (http://www.childbirthsolutions.com/articles/preconception/rhesus/index.php)

NOTE: If a Rh(D) negative woman is absolutely certain that her partner is also Rh(D) negative, they will surely produce Rh(D) negative offspring and the baby will not be affected by Rh(D) problems, even if the mother already carries Rh(D) antibodies from a previous pregnancy or miscarriage with another partner or as a result of a transfusion using positive blood cells.

Note : Anti-D has been used for many years without harmful effects. Rarely, an allergic reaction can occur. Anti-D is made from blood products, and donors are tested to exclude, as far as possible, any risk of infection. However, whenever blood products are used, the risk of blood-borne infection can never be totally ruled out.

Why risk any blood borne infection? It is not just a shot. It's someone else's blood. I know tests are done but errors have been made too. Anything that gets injected into you poses some sort of risk. That's why you need to sign an indemnity form before they give you the jabs I believe.

In anycase before accepting any jabs I'd like to know it's truly necessary before I go ahead and accept.

[HoopDeeDoo]

I chose not to have the injections through pregnancy this time round.

Because it is a blood product, and I didn't see the point in risking unnessecary infections. The risks of getting an infection are about the same as the disease that can occur with the blood of a positive baby crossing with mine. Which would happen, through child birth or blow the the stomach. If I had a bleed at any stage I would have it, but to have an injection just because there are large stores of it at the moment is just not something I consider as a good reason. And I would have had to have an extra one on top of that if I had a bleed, so it doesn't seem to protect against much anyway.
Also not all of the donations are garenteed to came from Austraia, I believe they can come from overseas too, according to the pamphlet I received from the hospy.
Also the effects on the unborn baby have not been studied, as this is such a new practice.

My first I had the injections through pregnancy because thats what you're supposed to do, he turned out to be O neg, so got them for no reason. This time my baby was O pos, and I just had the injection after birth, and that was enough no antibodies were present, so I didn't need the ones through the pregnancy. I didn't know what blood type my husband was till half way through my 2nd pregancy, he is O pos, but was told if he was a neg, then my baby would definately be a neg. They have to recommened the injections even if your husband is neg just in case he's not the father. A very embarressed midwife explained this to us - it was quite funny watching her go bright red :laughing:

[bronny-jane]

in 23 weeks pg and have had anti d twice due to bleeding.

[Tulp]

They have to recommened the injections even if your husband is neg just in case he's not the father. A very embarressed midwife explained this to us - it was quite funny watching her go bright red :laughing:

I suspect that would be why they recommend it. :)

DH and I know we don't want the jabs. :) Only because we don't need it. Baby is a neg. Maybe I'll just have my doc explain it to me as to why she thinks I may need it....:D

[HoopDeeDoo]

I do recommened it I was laughing so hard at the look on her face :laughing:
I know that I am faithful to my husband, so I wasn't offended in the least, I'm sure they see all kinds of people at the midwife clinic at the hospital :laughing:

[reAllytee]

Correct two negatives cant make a positive :thumbsup:
My parents where both negatives & this was what made my mother very happy as it meant she wasnt having to be monitored & that she also wasnt risking herself or any of us.
So all three of us girls are negatives !

[cjb/jbvd]

got the whole negative/positive thing from the pathology (blood testing etc) guy i work with. that's what he told me, so i passed it on.

good to know i was wrong, and thanks guys for putting me straight, don't i feel like a bit of an idiot. :o

[reAllytee]

got the whole negative/positive thing from the pathology (blood testing etc) guy i work with. that's what he told me, so i passed it on.

good to know i was wrong, and thanks guys for putting me straight, don't i feel like a bit of an idiot. :o

Noooo dont be silly :hugs:
Thats all a lot of us go on & sometimes the info is wrong hey who knows maybe we are all wrong :D

[Tulp]

Go smack him right on the head :D Tell him to explain it better the next time.

[Heartsdesire]

I am RH negative due to early bleeding at 7 weeks I was given the injection already my husband is also negative they do it just in case as it can harm later pregnancys or your pregnancy.