NOVEMBER MOMMIES New Thread Starting 5 14
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happpygal~Congrats on the anatomy scan..sounds like things are progressing very nicely. Also Congratulations on hearing the news of a baby boy..I too secretly have longed for a baby girl..but I will be happy with healthy of course. This week~Doctors office called me 3 times yesterday(i wasn't home)..the messaged left indicated that it seems my RH status came up as positive for antibodies. I was already aware that this would come up because I am Rh negative and had a rhogam shot at 6 weeks due to spotting. Once I have the shot I am covered agains RH disease incase my blood mixes with that of the fetus..The fetus is so small at that point it was done more as a precautionaray measure. I have had the rhogam before and I recently found out it stays in your system for about 120 days. But my OB probably forgot I had had the shot which was done in emerg. During my last pregnancy I found out I had I tested positive for the antibodies but did not know the length of time it stays in your system..I became freaked out because if I had developed the antibodies in all likelihood I would never be able to have a child because my body would always view the fetus as foreign and therefore would try to fight of the cells of the fetus. I will always need rhogam anytime they believe my blood could mix with that of the baby...so I will have another rhogam before I deliver my baby. Thank God I have educated myself enough to know the anibodies are not detrimental this time or else I would have been very upset by the calls from the doctors office...Anyway I have my OB followup next week which is my monthly visit and hopefully all the results will be in from my bloodwork and urine tests from my integrated prenatal screning tests...the following week I will have my ultrasound..can't wait.
Have a great weekend ladies!
Kristin
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