lol it seems there are lot of us here with Rheses Negative blood, i didnt think it was very common, lucky us with the extra injections!

I am Rhesus O negative and had to have an injection after my miscarriage x

I had my first injection today and another in six weeks...didn't get one after previous MC though, slightly concerened about that...by the way it isn't done on your arm

Coulda done without that info

sorry...just so you are all prepared and not wearing your worst pants like me! my DH thought it was hilarious

Hey, along with all the other people on here im Rhesus negative too! What others have posted on here are absolutley right, there are 4 different blood groups and the majority of people fit into these groups ( A, B,AB & O) Usually when the mother and baby belong to different groups it causes no problem, however sometimes the blood differs in a slightly different way and this is called the rhesus factor( RhD factor) This is the name given to blood that has a special protein attached to it.- so Rhesus positive. People with negative blood do not have this protein.
Anti-D injections are given to the mother to prevent the mother producing antibodies against RhD-Positive blood cells and therefore preventing the development of HDN (HAEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF THE FETUS) in future pregnancies.
This is because a mother and baby may have different blood groups.
The idea of this is to safeguard pregnancies against any complications.
If you were to have any kind of trauma through your pregnancy or pv bleeding you may also need and injection of Anti-D ( see your midwife or dr) and also if there are any complications during birth or they have found your baby has positive blood they may also need to give you another injection.
Generally speaking you will have one at 28 weeks and one at 34 weeks.
Anti-D injections are made up of plasma ( a component of blood) collected by donors!!
Having the injections will not harm your current baby but may harm future pregnancies if you do not have it!

Im not sure if ive answered this very clearly!!! However if you have any more questions, just ask!!!
Take care and dont worry it seems to be quite common on here to have negative blood! Im a nurse and still panicked when i was told!! xx

NO?!?!?!?

I'm traumatised!!!

It's on the butt!!???!!! Can you imagine if i hadnt found out and turned up to the appointment and rolled up my sleeve for the injection??!?!

Does it hurt?

Its Actually better to have it done in your bum because there's more fat there so wont be as painful, in fact you shouldn't feel it much at all (unless your really skinny!) xx

Cheers.

My hubby is laughing cos u said there's more fat in the butt, he keeps saying that to me today about my butt being fat!!

I didn't actually mean you!!!
Tell him all your extra fat will be worth it for the bundle of joy you'll be producing him with!
I bet he's not moaning about the extra fat on your boobs, is he?!!!