They arrived this morning to say that I am D negative (Rhesus negative) blood group and sent me an emergency card to carry with me at all times.
I am really worried now.
My aunty is this blood group and she lost her child after birth because of this.
Can anyone help me please....

Is this your first pregnancy? Being - normally only effects the babies after the first one..

I don't know anything about blood types hun but just wanted to give you a hug

thank you

yes, it is my first pregnancy

I'm sure you'll be fine - try not to worry.

x

My mum and my MIL are both rhesus negative and me, my two sisters, my hubbie and his brother were all born fine.

I think when you have your second child, it means that you have to take some kind of medication/injection. This is because if you are rhesus negative and your child is of a different blood group, when you are pregnant for the first time, your body recognises the baby as foreign body and builds up immunity during your first pregnancy (but it doesn't affect the first pregnancy). In subsequent pregnancies, the immune system kicks in and can possibly reject the baby later on down the line. That is why you have to take the medication that overrides it.

You and baby will be fine, don't worry. This is not unusual and this is why the doctors test for it.

xxx

Thanks for that Pops!!!

If you are RhD-negative and are carrying a RhD-positive baby, there is a risk that if yours and the baby's blood mix (which could happen during pregnancy or the birth) your immune system will produce antibodies against your baby's blood, which will cause anaemia and other problems in this baby or in future pregnancies.

Just all the little bits they need to know to be prepared hun x

Hi Donna, ill try and answet this clearly for you!
Im rhesus negative too!
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
p.s im sure like the rest of us you will still have a healthy pregnancy xx
Having negative blood makes us universal blood donors, so we are good for something!

Hi Donna. I got my results on the 3rd April and found out i'm rheus negative too. I posted a thread around that date called "rheus negative". Have a look at that thread because many ladies replied and i felt reassured from the advice. I was so worried too xx