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RH disease
I am curious to know how common it is. I have it. Is it all women with o- blood? I had to get shots while I was pregnant. If you all have any info on it lwt me know. I wasn't told much. Is the only time you have to worry about it is when you are pregnant? Like I said , just curious.
it's "NOT" a disease!!!!! It's just your blood type, and you can only receive o neg blood. The card is a guide to help manage the shots you receive when pregnant and at delivery. it's very important that you receive these shots during a certain time frame, that's what the card if for.
I believe the reason you must carry a card around is so that if you have an accident that requires you to recieve blood or organs, that they will know you are negative. Otherwise your body would reject the blood/organs.
I did a little online research and it seems that RH disease is the afore mentioned being of a negative blood type.
It (IMO) does not sound like a technical "disease", in that it does not destroy your body and cannot be passed to another through any contact or through the air. It is hereditory (like all blood types) and is only dangerous if getting transufusions (in which blood type is always considered, anyway) or transplants or, of course, most commonly - pregnancy.
I did a little online research and it seems that RH disease is the afore mentioned being of a negative blood type.
It (IMO) does not sound like a technical "disease", in that it does not destroy your body and cannot be passed to another through any contact or through the air. It is hereditory (like all blood types) and is only dangerous if getting transufusions (in which blood type is always considered, anyway) or transplants or, of course, most commonly - pregnancy.
About 15% of women are Rh-. I am Rh- and when I had a m/c I had to get the shot. The shot only lasts about 12 weeks. With this baby I will have a shot at 28 weeks and after delivery if baby is Rh+. We don't know what DH blood type is. The diasese is completely different than just having Rh- blood.
I dont know anything about RH disease.
But I wanted to ask how your MIL and friend are both doing?
But I wanted to ask how your MIL and friend are both doing?
My mother in law is taking therapy now. she says her back is feeling better. she won't take the vitamins though. Hard headed! she goes three times a week. she isn't in pain anymore ,so that is good.
My friend is home and is heart broken. they wanted this baby so much. I don't know if they are going to try again. I wouldn't dare ask right now. I want to do something for her, but I don't know what to do, except just be there for her. thank you for asking.
My friend is home and is heart broken. they wanted this baby so much. I don't know if they are going to try again. I wouldn't dare ask right now. I want to do something for her, but I don't know what to do, except just be there for her. thank you for asking.
I was given the rhogam shots. I ws told to carry a card with me at al times, so I have. My blood type is o- with the rh factor. the card i have says it's called rh disease. My husband is o+. Both of my children ended up with my husbands blood type. I took the shots. I was told that if i didn't my body would look at the baby as a foreign things and cause retardation or kill the baby. I lost so much blood when i had my second child that they wanted to give me blood. I wouldn't take it. I was told to eat liver (yuck!) and brown beans to build up my blood. Being as paranoid as I am i didn't. I called my aunt to come and donate because she has the same blood type as me. She couldn't because when they tested her blood she had pot in her blood. She never got out of the 60's. to know her, you'd never think it. That was a little embarassing! I love her though. i was just wondering if I needed to worry about it with anything else other than pregnancy.
I found this in a little more detail
If you are Rh-neg.& your baby is Rh-pos.or if you've had a blood tranfusion or received blood products of some kind there's a risk you could become Rh-sensitized or isoimmunized. Isoimm. means you make antibodies that circulate inside your system which don't harm you but can attack the Rh-pos. blood of your growing baby. (IF your baby is Rh-neg, theres no problem.) Your antibodies can cross the placenta & attack your babys blood. This can cause blood disease of the fetus or newborn. It can make your baby very anemic while still inside the uterus, & it can be very serious. The bright side is it's reaction is preventable. The use of RhoGAM (RH-immune globulin) has alleviated many problems. It's given 28 wks gestation to prevent sensitization before delivery. If you are Rh-neg. & have a pg, a RhoGAM injection should be aprt o fyour pg. It's also used w/in 72 hrs after delivery if baby is Rh-pos. If baby is Rh-neg. you don't need Rhogam after delivery or during pg. But it's better not to take that risk & have the RhoGAM injection during pg.
So I'd think ou would be fine as long as you got the injection according to this info in the WEEK BY WEEK PG book
If you are Rh-neg.& your baby is Rh-pos.or if you've had a blood tranfusion or received blood products of some kind there's a risk you could become Rh-sensitized or isoimmunized. Isoimm. means you make antibodies that circulate inside your system which don't harm you but can attack the Rh-pos. blood of your growing baby. (IF your baby is Rh-neg, theres no problem.) Your antibodies can cross the placenta & attack your babys blood. This can cause blood disease of the fetus or newborn. It can make your baby very anemic while still inside the uterus, & it can be very serious. The bright side is it's reaction is preventable. The use of RhoGAM (RH-immune globulin) has alleviated many problems. It's given 28 wks gestation to prevent sensitization before delivery. If you are Rh-neg. & have a pg, a RhoGAM injection should be aprt o fyour pg. It's also used w/in 72 hrs after delivery if baby is Rh-pos. If baby is Rh-neg. you don't need Rhogam after delivery or during pg. But it's better not to take that risk & have the RhoGAM injection during pg.
So I'd think ou would be fine as long as you got the injection according to this info in the WEEK BY WEEK PG book
What do you mean by "disease"? You are either a positive or negative blood type. I am AB - for instance. My husband is A +. If I were to get pregnant again, I would have to have a rhogum shot because since my husband has positive blood, so too could our baby have positive blood, and if the baby's blood mixed with mine in utero, my body could create antibodies and try to destroy it. So at about 7 months they give you a shot to prevent your body from creating antibodies against the baby's positive blood type.
I am suprised you weren't given shots when you had your children. But if you're not pregnant it's not a big deal at all. The only issue is the one I described.
I am suprised you weren't given shots when you had your children. But if you're not pregnant it's not a big deal at all. The only issue is the one I described.
the thing I don't understand is = My husband is o+ and I am o-. My children are both o+. The only other person in my family that have o- with the rh factor is my dad's sister. I thought we get our blood types from our parends. Can anyone explain this to me. I just want to know if i need to worry about the rh if i am not going to have any more children. Can it cause any other problems?
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