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Topic: rhesus neg
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<neat>
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posted 01 June 2006 07:50 PM
Hi, this is actually a query for my sister,she is an amazing person, she has 8 children aged 15,13,12,10,8,6,4 and 2.She had normal deliveries (hospital)for all,the last one she refused syntocin injection for placenta,which they werent happy about.She delivered placenta fine.About an hour later she had a huge blood loss,they put her on I guess syntocin drip to stop hemorage,kept her over night.She did loose more over next week or two but managed at home.She would like more children and seeks some info about natural placenta delivery and hemmorage.Also they told her she was rhesus neg, and she would be interested in finding out all she can there too.Thanks for any info anyone could give ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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<DebbyM>
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posted 08 June 2006 02:56 PM
I am rhesus negative too as are about 10% (I think) of the population.
Being rhesus negative is an issue if you have a partner who is positive (like I do) but not if you have a partner who is negative.
The problem is that if an RH- woman has an RH+ baby she may develop antibodies against the baby. This happens when some of the babies blood gets in with the mothers blood. The times when this is most likely to occur are if she has a threatened miscarriage, a placental bleed, amniocentisis or CVS and at birth.
If the babies blood gets into the mothers blood stream before it is born then the child is at risk of having its blood attacked by the mothers antibodies. A situation which can be fatal to the baby.
If it happens at birth then this baby will be ok but if the antibodies are not got rid of out of the mothers blood a future RH+ baby may then be at risk. The way they get rid of the antibodies is by giving the mother an injection usually within 24hrs of birth which then stops the buildup of antibodies.
If the baby is RH- there is no problem at all.
The situation does not occur in RH+ women as they do not make antibodies against any RH- baby they may carry.
In my case my husband is RH+ and I am RH-. My husband carries a recessive RH- gene and consequently both our older children are RH-. My daughter is RH+ like her dad so she must have inherited a - gene off me and a + gene off my hubby and because the + is dominant over the - she is RH+.
For this to be the first time this has been raised with your sister then one of the following has occurred:
a. All her previous children were RH- so the staff said nothing.
b. The staff knew her hubby was RH- so said nothing.
c. She received an injection within 24hrs of each delivery but was not told what it was for.
d. She was lucky and has not developed antibodies from any RH+ children.
Hope this answers your question.
Debby
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<neat>
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posted 10 June 2006 01:23 PM
Do you know of any sites i could direct her to for more info.The hospital staff was not very helpful to her at all, just kept telling her she was very foolish to not have syntocin for placenta delivery and that after so many babies(they said from 5 on)there would be very heavy bloodloss and uterus wouldnt contract without syntocin!Of course hemorrage scared her but she really wants more.Im sure all those women (theres many)had no syntocin without any problems.My mother and grandmother never had it and both had large families.Where would we all be without medical sciences intervention!!! ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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