Blood Type

[jaynethepain]

My daughter has just had her first pregnancy confirmed - woop woop! They've taken her bloods and she is type D rh negative. I thought there were only 4 groups, D not being one of them, is it rare, is there anything special she should be doing/not doing? Not a medical/scientific person so answers in words of one syllable please

[Sqad]

I have never heard of Blood type D.

ABer slaney is an expert in this field or perhaps Peter Pendant, so I would suggest that you fao them both in the Body and Soul Section.

[EDDIE51]

They mean the sub type is Rh D negative ,
( a sub group is on of the main groups A B AB or O see link)
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Blood-groups/pages/introduction.aspx

[Sqad]

Eddie is correct.......^^

[netibiza]

I'm Rh O - and after having suffered a miscarriage I had to have an anti D injection, is that anything to do, with it?

[Cloverjo]

Netibiza, I think that is something you have when you're Rh negative and your first baby - sorry - is Rh positive.

[jaynethepain]

So is it quite normal? Does it present any problems?
Thanks everyone for your input btw.

[slaney]

About 15% of the population are Rhesus D negative.
The only difference it will make to your daughter's pregnancy is that she will need an injection of Anti D immunoglobulin to prevent antibody formation.
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Rhesus-disease/Pages/Prevention.aspx
This is routine these days and there is no need to worry.

[jaynethepain]

Thank you so much Slaney, I'm worried about everything! Didn't when I had my children.......grannies eh?