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My blood type is O negative as well. What happens is that around 28 weeks, you would get a shot that will help your body to not recognize your baby's blood (if it's positive) as a virus or enemy. You're supposed to get one after delivery as well. It didn't hurt at all when I got it, and it was over very fast, and I hate getting shots.
I was lucky that my daughter is O negative though, so it isn't always needed, but it's a precaution, and I'm glad I did it all the same.
Thanks! I'm 21 weeks and we still don't know my husbands blood type. Did they use any of your cord blood?
I didn't do the cord blood thing. Sorry. If they did, I don't know about it.
That's unusual. I am AB Rh-, very rare. They knew my blood type but I never had shots before or after the birth of my child, they didn't even mention it.
Besides, women have been having babies for thousands of years without all this fuss ;)
I am A negative and I had the RhoGAM shot at 28 weeks and about 36 hours postpartum. It went in my lower back/upper butt and was a little sore the first time around, but not at all sore the second.
It's actually a pretty important precautionary measure, more for subsequent pregnancies than for the first pregnancy. Rh-incompatibility can cause some REALLY serious problems for fetuses. I wrote a post about it back when I was going to have the shot.
Also, I believe the cord blood is the baby's blood type, not yours. I donated cord blood, and my son's blood type is A positive.
If your husband is negative, you won't need the shot because there will be no way the baby is Rh+.
Yea, my aunt was rh- and nearly both her and her first daughter died during delivery back in the day(30+ years ago) due to a lack of rhoGAM/winrho shot, so it can be pretty important.
I am o neg and rh neg, I got a shot in my arm (I think?) at about 28weeks. It was just like any other needle injection, not overly pleasant, but not horrible, ached a little for the rest of the day. My son has the same blood type as me, but he was not typed until after delivery -- his father is A pos, so the shot was a "safety first" precaution.
My mum was 0- my dad was 0+. She just had to get the injection that you mentioned and that was it. They have 4 children, and she said it wasn't a big deal at all.
Thanks everyone :)
So the shot can be in the arm or butt? I'm hoping for arm ;P
Ugh. I am no where near having kids, but I am B- so am I going to have to get extra shots? I swear, every day, more things make me wish you could just have your babies grown somewhere other than your uterus.
@ILikePink: Only if you plan on having more than one kid. If you are FOR SURE only having one child, you won't need Rhogam shots.
Sometimes I wish Weddingbee didn't have a baby board because although I love looking at the cute pictures, mostly it just makes me super paranoid about all sorts of things I never even knew about before. At least I'll be prepared?
@tobin: They suspect that King Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn, may have had this condition which caused her to be able to successfully carry her first child, Elizabeth I, but lose all her others around the by the 25ish week of pregnancy. She had no issues conceiving again, but she was never able to carry another child to term. So even women in history had these problems, we just didn't have a way to treat it, or even diagnose it (at the time people accused her of witchcraft). Many women also died during or shortly after childbirth from infections because they weren't in sterile environments or, more critically, the midwives didn't have sterile hands or tools.
I didn't know I was in such a dangerous place! Nz health system is third world. How come I never knew this ? O_O
@Sulli301: O-Neg here too! I had to get it in the butt =( I really don't think its anything to worry about. I had to get it with my first pregnancy and in a few weeks I will get it again. Its just a precaution.
Wow! Thanks for all the information ladies! I guess I'll get my booty shot (:X!) soon!
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Hi all :)
I am 0 negative (universal donor! woohoo!) and my husband is ?? (we are having him donate asap to find out his blood type). Because I am RH negative I will need to have the rhogam shot/etc since more then likely my husband is rh postive (80% of people are according to my Doctor).
Anyone else experience this? I'm kind of unsure of what all it involves and a little bit nervous.
Thanks!!