Frustrated

addie140910 · Mar 12th, 2010, 09:15 AM

I am feeling rather frustrated today. On the 8th I was in the ER with a threatned miscarriage, I didn't actually loose the baby until the 9th, but then the ER calls me all frantic telling me that they forgot to give me my RoGam shot and that I wouldn't be able to have future children with my husband if i didn't get the shot. So I rush back to the Emergency room, spent like 3 or 4 hours in the ER to have this 911 emergency shot I needed, and so now everything is skipidy.

My question is....if they knew I had the negative antibody in my system because of the negative RH factor, and they KNEW I needed the shot or else I would loose the baby....Couldn't they have just given me the shot when I was in the emergency room with a threatned miscarriage before I actually lost the baby?!? Where are people's brains?!?!

I don't know it would have made that much of a diffrance, but I will always have to wonder.

Does anyone else know anything about this?

Thanks

-Addie

hb1 · Mar 13th, 2010, 04:44 AM

Hey there - so sorry for your loss. Am afraid that I have no real knowledge of the ins and outs of whether this would have prevented your mc. There is a chance that the injection was actually incase your babies blood had mixed with yours - in these cases if you did not have the injection your body could have produced antibodies that would prevent you carrying another baby in the future and is pretty much irreversible - the injection would prevent these anti-bodies being formed - here's a link:

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnanc...srhesusstatus/

It's awful that you've been left with one giant "what if" - we all have plenty of those after a mc without something like this. I would get a 2nd opinion at your dr's - get as much info as you can to take to your appt and quiz them about proper procedures - even if just to reassure yourself.

Hope you get some answers and am sure there are folks on here more clued up about this on here.

Take care

hx

2016 · Mar 13th, 2010, 06:24 AM

I am currently mc/have an ectopic and have negative blood and haven't been offered the shot at all!!! I wasn't given it when I had surgery for ectopic 6 months ago either!

addie140910 · Feb 23rd, 2011, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by 2016

I am currently mc/have an ectopic and have negative blood and haven't been offered the shot at all!!! I wasn't given it when I had surgery for ectopic 6 months ago either!

It is only if you have a negative RH factor. :/ I have O- Blood and my husband has A + Blood which causes complications. To my understanding not everyone has this issue and (from the doctor I went to and my doctor) it is not all that common. The doctor I went to in the ER (This was early last year) But I'm pretty sure they didn't have a brain. They had to test me three times to be sure what I was telling them was correct because it was that uncommon that they saw something like that in the ER. :/

What is your husband/boyfriends blood type? There may not be any complication at all. I don't pretend to be an expert, but deffiantly go see your doctor and get tested if you can!

Now I have a much better doctor and so any future little babies will be in the best of care. Which is a great stress relief.

Mar 12th, 2010, 09:15 AM	#1
addie140910 Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Dongducheon , South Korea (US Army Wife) Posts: 1,119	Frustrated I am feeling rather frustrated today. On the 8th I was in the ER with a threatned miscarriage, I didn't actually loose the baby until the 9th, but then the ER calls me all frantic telling me that they forgot to give me my RoGam shot and that I wouldn't be able to have future children with my husband if i didn't get the shot. So I rush back to the Emergency room, spent like 3 or 4 hours in the ER to have this 911 emergency shot I needed, and so now everything is skipidy. My question is....if they knew I had the negative antibody in my system because of the negative RH factor, and they KNEW I needed the shot or else I would loose the baby....Couldn't they have just given me the shot when I was in the emergency room with a threatned miscarriage before I actually lost the baby?!? Where are people's brains?!?! I don't know it would have made that much of a diffrance, but I will always have to wonder. Does anyone else know anything about this? Thanks -Addie

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Mar 13th, 2010, 04:44 AM	#2
hb1 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cheshire Posts: 4,347	Hey there - so sorry for your loss. Am afraid that I have no real knowledge of the ins and outs of whether this would have prevented your mc. There is a chance that the injection was actually incase your babies blood had mixed with yours - in these cases if you did not have the injection your body could have produced antibodies that would prevent you carrying another baby in the future and is pretty much irreversible - the injection would prevent these anti-bodies being formed - here's a link: http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnanc...srhesusstatus/ It's awful that you've been left with one giant "what if" - we all have plenty of those after a mc without something like this. I would get a 2nd opinion at your dr's - get as much info as you can to take to your appt and quiz them about proper procedures - even if just to reassure yourself. Hope you get some answers and am sure there are folks on here more clued up about this on here. Take care hx

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Mar 13th, 2010, 06:24 AM	#3
2016 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK Posts: 6,457	I am currently mc/have an ectopic and have negative blood and haven't been offered the shot at all!!! I wasn't given it when I had surgery for ectopic 6 months ago either!

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