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Purrcy
Jun 21, 2008, 01:51 PM
I just found out that I have RH negative. And I already research thur any website to read about RH. Im still confused to understanding them.. it would be wonderful if you have an answer to explain this.
Which one of negative or pos that are easy to get pregnant or harder to get pregnant? Which one is not good for the baby and the mom?
Explaining to this would be wonderful.
Thanks.
froggy7
Jun 21, 2008, 03:08 PM
As far as I know, it has nothing to do with how easy or difficult it is to get pregnant. The danger is that when a baby is born, a small amount of the baby's blood mixes with mom's. If the mother does not have the Rh factor (Rh-) and her baby does (Rh+), her body recognizes the baby's blood as alien, and creates antibodies against it. On her next pregnancy, the body is ready to protect itself against the alien invader, and the antibodies go to work destroying the fetus' blood cells.
There are apparently treatments now that makes this much less likely to happen than it used to. And it's only a factor if an Rh- woman has an Rh+ baby (which means her husband would have to be positive). An Rh+ woman doesn't have any issues.
Purrcy
Jun 23, 2008, 08:18 PM
Oh OK thanks. I have O negative in my blood type and my husband is O positive. I have RH negative. I don't know about my husband in his RH. Still OK for my future baby? I already took Rhogam shot 3 weeks ago.
stormey44
Jun 24, 2008, 07:16 AM
I have rh negative blood and I have to get a shot when I get pregnant and after the baby is born it is not as dangorus with the first but every one after that gets worse