B- Negative blood
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I know my first child is b+ and my his and is a- (I think) so not certain how it all works just hard to see the difference between the pregnancies. As a worrier it another thing to add to the list
I’m RH A- and my partner is + , I havnt received any extra information so not sure if the B- makes a difference. But you will be fine you’ll just have the anti d and then another one after baby is born if baby is the opposite to you so if baby’s is +. Both my babies have been rh - too so didn’t need the injection after birth. Currently pregnant with number 3 so will have anti d again and then see what blood group baby is when born x
The injection is to stop your and baby’s blood mixing incase baby is a positive blood group as it can cause problems in future pregnancies if you dont have it. X
i’m o-, not sure what partner is but baby is something + so i had to have this anti-d injection, hurt more than the flu jab but other than that was fine, think they offer it you after 26 weeks so i’m sure if there was immediate risk to baby they’d offer it sooner. sounds a lot scarier than it is.
If you're Rh- (I think there's a protein missing) and the baby is +, your body might produce antibodies to "attack" the Rh +, basically attacking the baby's red blood cells. This happens if your blood gets through the placenta, but that's why you're given an antiD shot as prevention. It's unlikely, though, and prevention has been effective against this. I'm also Rh- and likely to get the shot. In the past they checked if the parents had different Rh (mother -, father +). But I asked the midwife at my 16w appointment and now they check through a blood test regardless (also, my partner doesn't know his Rh ...). My parents are both + and my sister and I are both Rh-....