my blood type is 0 neg.. and I was given the rhogam shot at 28 weeks and it didnt hurt at all and I had no side effects
I only have to have the shot once which was at 28 weeks and if the baby does come out positive they will give me another shot after birth
I have o- blood they gave me one shot when they found out my baby had trisomy 13 at about 18 weeks, i was induced the next week and they had talked about giving me another shot but then decieded that because i wasn't that far along the one shot was fine, i hope it was.
thanks to all...
im not scared as such it was more just unexpected as I didnt actually know my blood type. it'l all be fine just a bit weird knowing its partially derived from blood. id do anything to protect my son though it took us a long time to get him. :-)
evthing4reason - im so sorry to hear of your loss. i work with downs syndrome people and they are some of the most beautiful people I know. Your baby blessing will come back to you again one day... he or she will always be with you. xoxox
my baby didn't have downs, that i believe is trisomy 21? trisomy 13 is also called platau's syndrome (i think). We are lucky that we now know it was just a "fluke" thing that the chromosones got messed up at conception. I only have a 0.75% more of a chance of it happening again, then someone else my own age.
Thanks for your kind words
sorry about that :-) i mustve been having a dopey moment...
im glad your chances are great! best of luck to you... xx
Hi,
I had an anti-d shot when I had my D&C last year. I was really freaked out about having O- blood for a long time because of the chances of harming a baby. However, anti-d shots are so effective and there's really nothing to worry about. I am about 6.5 weeks now and had had a blood test that involved screening for antibodies - if I had these then I would need a shot and extra care. But I don't have them so it's fine. I think if someone was really worried they can request a screening to ensure that your body hasn't made up antibodies due to blood mixing