From: "Fiona Rumble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au>
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Rh anti-D
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:57:37 +1000
Both parents must have had one gene for each Rh typing and passed on
their recessive gene so that bub got two copies of positive and
therefore was positive????
Regards
Fiona Rumble
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Cudlipp
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Rh anti-D
At the risk of sounding stupid, I remember a couple who were both
Rh-ve and
yet their baby was Rh+ve.
Now was this a case of 'Father unknown' or a mistake, or is it
possible for
this to happen?
Both partners seemed quite sure that the parentage could not be is
question
by the way!
I'm also Rh-ve and have had 3 bubs, one of whom was
-ve. I had several risky episodes during the course of these
pregnancies:-
small APH, attempted ECV (failed), Chorionic villus testing,
Elective C/S
(no 1), 2 VBAC's, and a retained placenta with MRP(3rd). As I am a
blood
donor (or used to be) I know that I never developed antibodies,
although I
did have anti-D at the appropriate times following potential risks
- except
for the APH and ECV attempt.
Quite apart from the moral rights and wrongs of giving anti-D during
pregnancy, it causes us no end of headaches in our busy ante-natal
clinics.
We are not allowed to keep a stock as it is 'too precious' to place
into the
hands of midwives ( who might presumably throw it away or sell it
on the
black market??) So we have to go through a complicated ordering
process
which takes time away from our clients, and increases our work load
- I hate
it!
As to the seemingly generous supply of Rhogam - where does this
come from?
While it was less available we were only giving the 28 & 34 week
doses to
primips, now apparently there is enough for multips too.
Sue
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men
to do
nothing"
Edmund Burke
----- Original Message -----
From: "Naomi Wilkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Rh anti-D
>I had this experience! I am Rh neg and so is my hubby. I was
told I would
>still need to have anti-D during pregnancy. Although the doctor
never
>stated that my husband may not have been the father of my child,
that's
>what was implied. I refused and thankfully was saved from any
further
>harassment as I had my beautiful baby at home.
>
> Naomi
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>Funnily enough, we are not allowed to test the partners of Rh neg
women to
>>see if they are negative too, thus ruling out the necessity for
giving
>>Anti-D, because apparently we can't trust women to be truthful
about the
>>father of their baby!!
>>
>>Sally
>>
>>
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