Disturbing story about doctor's negligence I had to share

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Originally Posted by purplepoet20

The RH +/- only has an affect on the baby, which is the hardest part to handle when you are pregnant, but for the baby...

If mother is RH- and the baby is RH+ in most cases the blood will not mix until delivery. It takes a while for the mothers body to make antibodies that would affect the baby. You are more likely to have a healthy 1st pregnancy. Any pregnancy after that will result in more issues because of the antibodies waiting in the mom. This can cause the baby to have anemia, jaundice, or more serious problems. The problems will tend to get worse with each Rh-positive pregnancy you have.

During your first pregnancy, your baby could be at risk for Rh disease if you were sensitized before or during pregnancy. This can happen if... 1. You had a previous miscarriage, abortion, or ectopic pregnancy and you did not receive Rh immune globulin to prevent sensitization. 2. You had a serious injury to your belly during pregnancy. 3. You had a medical test such as an amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling while you were pregnant, and you did not receive Rh immune globulin. These tests could let your blood and your baby’s blood mix.

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Excellent explanation purple :agree: I was googling the whole day yesterday about Rh incompatibility http://yoursmiles.org/psmile/science/p0317.gif

Second pregnancy usually goes without major problems, just jaundice or anaemia but 3rd and further pg are connected with complications if not treated properly. And of course as you said every m/c, abortion etc will raise further mother's antibodies.

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Originally Posted by zanacal

Oh ZB, I have goosebumps, that's just terrible. I'm so sad for your friend and her family, what a heartbreaking situation. Give her an extra cuddle from me x

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That's so sweet of you Zani! I'm hesitating to call her, maybe in a few days. I'll tell her lots of my friends from ..umm...never mind :wink: are sending hugs.

It must be so hard to know what to do but I know you'll be a fantastic friend and support when the time comes x

oh How sad : ( thats just terrible

What a very sad story! :( My heart goes out to them!

I literally gasped out loud. I am so very sorry for your friend. I cannot imagine. I am so sorry.

So very very sad :sad:

How awful! I am also Rh- and both of my sons are + but I have never had any sort of issues or concerns even mentioned to me. I received rhogam early on in each pregnancy and after a miscarriage I had as well as just after deliveries. Is that not common? I was told that was to prevent issues in future pregnancies. My heart goes out to her and her family :(

OMG, what a horrible sory. How is your friend doing?

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Originally Posted by purplepoet20

Really! That is odd... most people have problems with the 2nd baby. It can cause jaundice or animia but can also increase the chances of m/c!

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Ive got 3 RH+ childrena nd am RH- and non of them have had problems .... i just get the injections through pregnancy and thats it so i as shocked to read this ....