erythroblastosis fetalis

[ATLATLATL]

i need a decent breakdown of it....it always GETS MEEEEEE thanks..baby stepsss hehe

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[shamrock2006]

if i remember right...if the mother is rh- and the fetus is rh+...the first pregnancy will result in the antibodies against rh being formulated in the mother. the first fetus will survive. if the mother gets pregnant again with an rh+ fetus...it will not survive. Do not quote me on this though. I havent thought about that since I took my DAT over 1.5 yrs ago

 

[Fonz]

yeah thats right but i dont think subsequent rh+ fetus death is guaranteed. There is just a chance of it happening

 

[MAK1186]

Yes, that is true. The baby will not always die though, but there is a chance. If your blood does contain the protein, your blood is said to be Rh+. If your blood does not contain the protein, your blood is said to be Rh-. Sometimes, a baby will inherit an Rh+ blood type from its father while the mother has an Rh- blood type. This is when the baby's life could be in danger if the mother has Rh- blood because the negative blood attacks the baby's Rh+ blood. If this happens, an exchange transfusion may save the baby's life. The baby's blood can be exchanged for new blood that matches the mother's. I have also heard the mother's blood only attacks the baby blood 13% of time, but I don't know how accurate it is. But if a Rh- woman who has been exposed to Rh+ cells in her first pregnancy gets pregnant again, her body "remembers," and starts producing antibodies when exposed again to Rh+ cells. These antibodies can cross the placenta and attack the fetus's RBC. Also, if this is the case, during a woman's second pregnancy she would be given shots of Rhogam at 28 weeks and after the delivery to prevent mixing of the blood.

Hope this is helpful!

 

[domonas]

Let me just say that having this condition will NOT always lead to death. How do I know? I was a baby that had this Rh factor disease. Granted, I did have to undergo a complete blood transfusion a few months after birth, but it's not a death sentence. For those that catch this condition late, it usually leads to mental ******ation. Obviously, now a days, there are tests and such and is caught much earlier.

This disease usually manifests itself in the 2nd pregnancy. Mother is -, first baby is +. Mother makes antibodies to the +. 2nd baby comes along and is also +. mother has ab's to + and starts attack 2nd baby. blood transfusion is to the baby's blood type, not mother's blood type (i am A+ and continue to be A+, while my mother is O-).... basically what MAK1186 said.