Ep 170: Being Rh Negative and Your Baby
Birth With Power
Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the podcast you’re going to learn what it means to be Rh negative and the implications for pregnancy. The short story is that Rh negative has to do with your blood type. If you’re Rh negative and your baby is Rh positive, it can potentially cause problems for the baby.
Alloimmunization is what occurs when an RH negative mom's immune system is exposed to the baby’s Rh positive cells. When this happens the mom's immune system may attack the baby's red blood cells.
There are effective treatments and not all exposure will necessarily result in alloimmunization however it’s very important to take this seriously. If you take one thing away from this episode it’s that prevention is key. It's the best thing to keep your baby safe.
In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:
-What the blood group systems are and what that means
-What the most common blood types are
-What alloimmunization is and when it occurs
-How to prevent it
-What are the fetal/neonatal consequences of alloimmunization
-What types of screenings are done
-What rhogan is, how it works, and the safety of it
-What can you do if alloimmunization has occurred
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| 0:00.0 | What exactly does it mean to be RH negative and what does it have to do with your baby? |
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| 1:21.3 | Hello, hello, welcome to another episode of the podcast. This is episode number 170. I'm so glad that you are spending some time |
| 1:30.2 | with me today. In this episode of the podcast, you are going to learn what it means to be |
| 1:35.8 | RH negative and the implications for pregnancy. Now, the short story is that RH negative has to do with |
| 1:43.7 | your blood type. |
| 1:44.8 | And if you are R-H-negative and your baby is R-H-positive, it can potentially cause problems for the baby. |
| 1:54.5 | So in order to understand that further, I'm going to break it down for you what the blood group systems are, what that means, and that's the A, B, A, B, O, |
| 2:04.1 | and then the positive or negative, as well as what as allo immunization is, what hemolytic |
| 2:10.6 | disease of the newborn is, what type of screening we do, and then what something called |
| 2:16.6 | Rogam is, what it is, how it works, the safety |
| 2:19.2 | of it, and what that has to do with this as well. Now, before we get into the episode, let me do a |
| 2:24.7 | quick listener shout out. This is from KT. Jack, and she says, great podcast for pregnancy, |
| 2:31.3 | birth, preparation, and postpartum. I discovered this podcast at the beginning of |
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