blood type o neg

[ctlvsap]

hi im not sure if this is the right place to ask,but can anyone help?im 34 weeks pregnant and have o neg blood theirfor iv had my anti d shots,im just wondering:
does this mean one of my parents have the same blood as me?
what would happen if i never had anti d?

my mum says she is o but unsure if she is positve or negative,she cant remember having anti d shots wen she was pregnant.

plz can someone help im so comfused

[njrohe]

Hey I'm also O-negative.  One of your parents does not have to be O-negative.  It can also be that one of your parents is O-positive and the other is negative.  For example, if your mother is O-positive and your father is A-negative, than you can be O-positive, O-negative, A-positive or A-negative.  So you can get the type ( O, A, B, or AB) from one parent and the Rh factor (positive or negative) from the other parent.  It is also possible to have the exact same blood type as one of your parents.

[njrohe]

If you never got anti-d and your baby has a positive blood type, your body would begin building up antibodies that would attack your baby.  Most of the time, this does not affect a first baby because the antibodies are not built up yet, but future babies would likely miscarry.  The anti-d prevents these antibodies from building up.  

Once you give birth, they will test the baby's blood.  If the baby is negative, like you, nothing has to be done, but if the baby is positive, you will need another shot.  You will continue to get these shots with each future pregnancy and after each if the baby is positive.

[njrohe]

Hope that helps.  Let me know if you have more questions, or if that straightens you out.  :-)

[ctlvsap]

yes thanx u have helped me very much it was all comfusing,:)

[Suzy42000]

im type o positive and pregnant is that a bad thing?

[jehn383]

My friend aiza is positive O and her husband is negative O what is the posible blood types of the baby?