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I have that same problem. They just give you a shot. I have had the same problem with all three of my pregnancies. Just make sure they give you the shot. They just about forgot to give me the shot after I had my son. Good luck.

Who told you being RH- is rare, because they are full of c___p? It's as common as being RH+. If this is your first baby you have NOTHING to worry about even if the baby is RH+. It is only subsequent babies you will need to worry about something happening & that is ONLY if you never had the shot & the first baby was RH+. As a precaution they will give it to you regardless of what the baby's blood type is so that your body doesn't have a chance of building up a defence against any positive blood. My mum is RH O- & all 3 of us kids are RH O+ & she is VERY lucky that everything turned out ok after my brother, as she refused to have the shot (Don't know why). Do you know what blood type the babys father is? It can be a little confusing the way blood types are pa__sed on, but your baby has a 50/50 chance of being RH- because you are, & a 100% chance if the father is too.

I'm also RH-, and that's just it, you get a shot- they blood test the baby and the baby may get a shot as well... I don't think you should worry about it. Just remember to tell others- like whom will be with you at the birth, as to bring it up enough during labor so they don't forget to address the issue!

E- 15% of women are rh-. Therefore 85% are rh+ Definately not as common.

And yes it does matter with you're 1st pregnancy. I had a miscarriage when i was 18 and didnt know anything about rh-. I didnt get proper medical care and had major problems with my next 2 pregnancies b/c i developed antibodies. B/c of that and other issues i was told i would never carry a baby full term. Well now i have a 14 month old daughter and am 14 weeks pregnant.

yhanks girls, newbaby im sorry of your loss thats why im worried as the antibodies can cause me to miscarry or have a stillbirth but with the shot the cahnces will only go down i have a leaflet i,ll just have a look...........each year in england and wales tehre are about 62,000 births of rhd positive babies yo rhd negative women. about 500 babies develope hdn each year, and must be closely monitered each year about 25-30 babies die from hdn about 15 children each year will have major permanent development problems as a result of hdn and a further 30 will have minor problems. also the most common time for a babys blood cells to get in to the motheres blood cells is at the time of birth. but it can happen at any other time for example during miscariage or abortion or if something happens during pregnancy such as having amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, v____al bleeding or external cephalic version ( turning the baby head down. so i mean there quite a few risks still thats why i was worrying

newbaby2009 I am sorry you had to experience loss like that but your first m/c would not have necessarily been because you are RH-. However because you had trouble with following pregnancies I a__sume the first baby was RH+ & you built up antibodies against the + factor. I was confused as to the stats you found because I have friends in the medical field who have said differently but after having a long talk with one of them (she works predominately with blood in one of the labs in the city hospital) she explained why the stats that are out there are not accurate. These stats are taken from developed countries (so are not a true indicator of the worlds population of RH factors) & are only done so on those that need it to be tested eg, when giving blood, needing blood, having a baby (some hospitals now test the babies routinely at birth), & you yourself admitted you were not tested at the time, so depending on when the stats were done you yourself would not have been included in them as one of the women with RH-. Looking back at what I wrote I shouldn't have emphasised the 'nothing' but the reason I wrote what I did is because it is not normally a problem with the first baby because antibodies are produced slowly & rarely develop fast enough to cause problems for mother or baby in a first pregnancy. However once the baby is born antibodies continue to build up in the mother, and a second RH+ child may be attacked by these antibodies which can cause serious problems. Keep in mind that the majority of babies born with the Rhesus Disease are usually a result of the mother either not knowing she was RH- (so never getting the shot after the first baby) or having previous pregnancies either ending in miscarriage or abortion & not informing the doctor of it (or knowing to).

angelmonkey if this is your first pregnancy (no miscarriages, abortions etc) & you are given the shots, your baby is likely to be as healthy as it would have been if you weren't RH-. Try not to worry as the stress won't do you or your baby any good.

angel - I agree with the last comment made by E above. If this is your first pregnancy (no m/c, etc), then you should be perfectly fine this pregnancy, and as long as you get the shots to stop your body from making any antibodies, you should be fine in the furture too. I'm B- too, and I know my hubby is RH +. I don't know how many people are RH + v. RH - , but I know being B- is a kinda rare blood type...only like 3% of the pop has it. But, I know my doc knows that I need the shot, and I'll make sure to remind them too. Good luck and try not to worry. :)

my midwife came around today for an early 16weeks appointment and i got to listen to babys heartbeat!! she also explained a bot more about being rhd _ and she made it sound so more simple that the other midwife at hospital! she told me she is alos rhd _ which i think is funny as i am my midwife is and my boyfriends mum also is lol i know more people that are negative that positive lol, but yeh my midwife told me that 85% of women are rhd positive i feel fina about it now it doesnt sound like its going to make my pregnancy much more complicated

Thanks E. It was very hard to go through, and i pray i wont have the problem anymore. I receieved the shot after my second miscarriage but the damage had already been done. With my 3rd pregnancy, my body once again responded like i was allergic to the fetus, attacking it and causing it to expell. At that point they told me i would never carry a baby, that my body had developed permanant antibodies. I was so terrified of getting pregnant again b/c i didnt want my body to kill yet another child so i got on birth control and took it perfectly. Well 3 months later i was pregnant again. I was devestated. When i told my dad he said "i guess you like killing little babies." I spent the next 9 weeks hating myself, just waiting for the inevitable. I went in for my 12 week ultrasound knowing i was going to hear the baby had died. To everyones amazement the baby was jumping up and down, waving itsa hands and feet. The little heart was beating away. :) That miracle baby is now 14 months old chasing her puppy around the living room. And is about 6 months away from being a big sister :)