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Title: mother and father blood type plays vital role in pregnancy?
Post by: $abood$ on Aug 30, 2012
i have o negative and my husband with A positive blood groups. will i face  any problem with pregnancy?


Title: mother and father blood type plays vital role in pregnancy?
Post by: datpiff on Aug 30, 2012
no. it will only play a role in your child's blood type


Title: mother and father blood type plays vital role in pregnancy?
Post by: juliem on Aug 30, 2012
Yes vital chance s there but not for first child i hope!!!


Title: mother and father blood type plays vital role in pregnancy?
Post by: robintedd on Aug 30, 2012
your child would be most likely to inherit blood type A or AB. Should be no problems in pregnancy


Title: mother and father blood type plays vital role in pregnancy?
Post by: rk90 on Aug 30, 2012
no you wont.


Title: mother and father blood type plays vital role in pregnancy?
Post by: datheman on Aug 30, 2012
It may, looking at your Rhesus factors.

If your firstborn child has positive blood, your body may start to produce antibodies to rhesus positive blood. If a second child is also rhesus positive, your immune system may attack the child as a foreign body, which could lead to severe anaemia in the child, among other things.

Every time you have a child, you should get checked for rhesus positive antibodies; if they occur, treatment is available to prevent difficulties in later pregnancies.

A, B and O blood types don't seem to pose problems during pregnancy.


Title: mother and father blood type plays vital role in pregnancy?
Post by: tommy12 on Aug 30, 2012
This will cause problems in your pregnancy if the baby had positive blood, as yours is negative, and the baby has a chance of having positive blood because of the father.
There are precautions taken though to ensure the safety of mother and baby.
It's explained in this link.


Title: mother and father blood type plays vital role in pregnancy?
Post by: Robinsonb on Aug 30, 2012
For the first pregnancy, there will be no problems.  However, after that, your body will start to develop antibodies to attack 'foreign' (i.e. postive) blood in future, so you need to have anti D injection after birth or bleeding


Title: mother and father blood type plays vital role in pregnancy?
Post by: julielpn74 on Aug 30, 2012
As others have stated, Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (HDN) from the development of anti-D antibodies secondary to sensitization of Rh positive red cells is a potential concern on any subsequent pregnancies.  HDN due to to naturally-occurring ABO antibodies is possible on the first pregnancy, especially if the mother has significant levels of anti-A or Anti-B antibodies of the IgG type (IgG can cross the placenta into fetal circulation) directed against fetal red cell antigens. However, this is a very rare situation and should not cause you any concern.  Your OB/GYN will monitor your child's development and administer RhoGam as needed to prevent Rh sensitization.

Good luck with your pregnancy.


Title: mother and father blood type plays vital role in pregnancy?
Post by: datoledo88 on Aug 30, 2012
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