I am assuming that a FCAD was done after the birth and if the presence of
passively aquired antibodies was positive then it could be assumed that no
further anti-D was required.

How was this determined andrea?

marilyn
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> Andrea Quanchi wrote:
>
> >  I had one case recently where pathology decided that there was enough
> > remaining that anti D was not required after birth even though she had
> > an rh +ve baby.
>
> That could be true, but who knows exactly how much (if any) rh+ blood
> got into mum's blood stream.  Surely they can't be sure there are enough
> anti D antibodies to counteract the possible amount of foetal blood
> crossing?  I would have thought there'd be a limit on how much of the
> rh+ blood could be combated by a certain number of antibodies.
>
> ?
>
> Jo
>
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