Geneticss and pregnancyy stuff :)

[Cassandrajane]

Hi Guys basically as you know Im pregnant (Hopefully, my GP think its the same one, ALTHOUGH, my HCG levels dropped from480 to 200 to 80 within the 48hr period, I had a neg pregnancy test a few days after my MC AND I saw the baby when i passed it as a clot) Anywayss.

My boyfriend has a Heart Murmur will that get passed onto the baby, Although his Murmur ISNT genetic.. No one knows where his came from.... Will it get passed onto my baby?

ALSO

I have O R Negative blood and my boyfriend is Positive. What will happen cause I hear it can be dangerous, My mum is neg and my sisters dad is pos and my sister turned out Pos too and my mum nearly died because of this and her placenta ruptured. I'm worried cause I heardd bad things and complications in pregnancyy and birth.


Help me pleaseee.

[Cassandrajane]

Okayy thank you very muchh :)

So everyything could be finee, but if his murmur was genetic it could have been passed.
Thank you so much x

[martikadragoon]

hey, the heart problems are very UNlikely to be passed to the baby. The shots for being RH+ don't hurt baby and are safe.

your obgyn will do a fetal echo around 20 weeks to be sure your baby doesn't have a murmur. My sister in law had a hole in her heart at birth and since TJ had them due to him having down syndrome my dr wanted me to have a fetal echo done with Mason. Mason showed a Echogenic Focus on his heart *(calcium deposit) but he was fine, no holes or anything!

[Cassandrajane]

Okayy, the shots and things dont harm the baby though do they at alll?? And they do it just incase dont they??

Thank you so much everyyone :)
x

[becca_3456]

I dont know about the heart murmur but you should receive the ROGAM if you are - and husband is +. With my first I had to have the ROGAM shot at 28 weeks I believe because I was RH- and DH was RH+ I also had to get another ROGAM shot after I delivered DD because she was RH+ like DH. I will have to have the shot again for this baby.

[Cassandrajane]

Okay, but if it is the case whatever they do doesnt harm the babyy, and wont cause me to MC?

[Clysta]

They do blood screenings (or should) that will check to see if you have them in your body.

[Cassandrajane]

They didnt when I miscarried but I had tablet stuff after my Termination.
Oh man, im even more scareed haha. ut my GP will sort everything out at my next Appt.?

x

[Clysta]

It does. First time mothers normally don't have to worry about it. The antibodies are made when the babies blood gets into your own, typically at birth. These can be produced if you've had miscarriage, Ectopic, or an abortion as well. Your doctors should have given you an Rh immunoglobulin shot with your first baby and your miscarriage. If they didn't, you have the risk that you have these antibodies in your blood. Rh sensitization is uncommon now because it's monitored closely, but there's still always a chance. If you do have antibodies, you'll probably be referred to a high risk obstetrical specialist. They can produce anemia and if it gets severe enough serious illness, brain damage, or death.

[Cassandrajane]

He has a mild murmur, he tends not to talk to me about it cause he runs away from his tests cause he is stupid! but ill make my midwife look it up ha!
But they will check for it if they are aware the father has a murmur right?
x

[Cycl3Chick]

Yes, it can cause anemia because it will attack the baby as if he were a foreign body.  This is why they would do blood transfusions, basically to get rid of the mom's antibodies.

[Cycl3Chick]

Im sorry, I meant MOST heart murmurs are not genetic, but you can have congenital abnormalities that can cause a murmur.

[Cassandrajane]

When they cross the placenta and stuff it doesnt harm the baby does it?


But Thankk you

:)

[Cycl3Chick]

Heart murmurs are not genetic so they will not be passed to the baby.  Most murmurs are functional and do not pose a risk.

If you are negative and the father is positive then you have a chance for an RH+ baby.  I would talk to your OB about this, because they would have a specific treatment to keep you and the baby safe.

[Clysta]

I'm not sure about the murmur, but I know if you're Rh Negative (I assume that's what you mean) and he's positive, it just means the baby has a chance to be positive as well. What will happen is the doctors will check your blood to see if there are any antibodies in your blood. If there are, they can cross the placenta and attack the baby. These break down the babies blood and produce anemia. Once the antibodies are made, there is no treatment to get rid of them. In most cases it's just monitored and they can do blood transfusions if needed. If you don't have any antibodies in your body you'll get a shot (I'm not sure when they'd do it on you.) that will help to prevent any antibodies from being made. After you give birth, you'll get this shot again to prevent it happening in future pregnancies.