What happens with a rh negative mother and father?

Answer 1

t's always a good idea for any couple to think ahead and prepare for pregnancy, so Mom and baby can be as healthy as possible. When facing the potential for Rh disease, as you two are, it's even more important. You'll probably want to educate yourselves about Rh incompatibility. And in any case, make sure you find a health-care provider who understands Rh disease, and with whom it's easy to communicate.

Rh disease of the newborn arises from incompatibility of the Rh factor between the mother and baby. It's a bit simplistic, but you can think of the Rh factor as a protein that is either present (positive) or absent (negative) on red blood cells. Exact percentages vary with race, but most people are Rh-positive.

A woman with Rh-negative blood has nothing to worry about if their baby is also Rh-negative, and a woman with Rh-positive blood need not worry at all. Problems arise only with Rh-negative mothers and Rh-positive babies. Usually the first pregnancy goes fine. It's a subsequent Rh-positive baby who may be at risk. The mother themselves are in no danger.

Answer 2

If both the mother and father are RH negative than their child will be RH negative as well. This is good because there is no risk of the mother developing antibodies to the child's blood. This occurs when the blood of an RH negative mother mixes with the blood of her RH positive baby. The mothers body treats the foreign blood like an invader and creates antibodies to attack and isolate the cells. This can occur when the placenta detaches during childbirth, miscarriage, abortion and some prenatal testing procedures. Usually the mother will have her first child successfully with no harm but if not treated with the ROGAM shot afterwards she will have trouble carrying further RH positive babies. This can all be prevented by getting typed at the time of first pregnancy so the shot can be administered and after the birth it will be administered again.

Answer 3

Nothing happens if the mother is positive and carrying a negative baby.

Rh incompatibility is only an issue for an Rh negative mother carrying an Rh positive baby. Once the Rh- mother is exposed to Rh+ blood (during the first pregnancy, for example), the mother produces antibodies against the foreign blood which will then affect subsequent Rh+ babies.

Answer 4

Yes. However, this kind of pregnancy, if it is a second or subsequent pregnancy, is considered high risk. This situation requires special care from an obstetrician, such as giving Rhogam around 28 weeks gestation, and special precautions at the time of delivery.

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Only if the father is rh positive.

You get one gene from each parent and a person who is rh + maybe +/+ or +/-. So it is possible for an rh+ parent to pass either a positive or negative to the baby. However, an rh neg person has got to be -/- and so can only pass rh neg to the baby. So if the mother is rh neg any pos rh factor would have to have come from the father (who must also be rh pos).

Answer 5

The possible side effects of Rhogam are like most vaccinations. If rhogam is given unnecessarily because both parents are Rh negative, there are no repercussions other than the side effects you would normally experience. I think sometimes they give it as a "just in case". There is a lot more infidelity than there used to be. Also, many people have been given incorrect information about their blood type. So depending on where you are getting the information about the father's blood type, they probably don't want to take anyone's word for it when a baby's well being is on the line.

Answer 6

If a mother is RH negative, and the father is RH positive, this can cause severe health problems when the unborn child develops RH positive blood. If mother and baby's blood mix, the mother's blood might attack the baby's blood cells. This could cause illness, brain damage, or even death in the child.

Answer 7

The baby could be either rh negative or rh positive. I am rh negative and they had to give me a RHOgam shot just in case the baby was rh positive.

Answer 8

There will be a problem if the unbornchild is Rh positive.