What You Need to Know About Blood Types and Pregnancy

The Virtual Midwife

Inhoud geleverd door The Virtual Midwife. Alle podcastinhoud, inclusief afleveringen, afbeeldingen en podcastbeschrijvingen, wordt rechtstreeks geüpload en geleverd door The Virtual Midwife of hun podcastplatformpartner. Als u denkt dat iemand uw auteursrechtelijk beschermde werk zonder uw toestemming gebruikt, kunt u het hier beschreven proces https://nl.player.fm/legal volgen.

3y ago 8:57

MP3•Thuis aflevering

One of the routine blood tests that you’ll have done in early pregnancy is a test to determine your blood group. Unless you’ve had major surgery or needed a blood transfusion, you might not know. But in pregnancy it’s important because your baby’s blood group may be different to yours.

In this episode you will learn

the different blood types
what is the rhesus factor
why it is important to know blood type and rhesus factor
how negative blood type affects pregnancy
testing for antibodies
treatment for Rh incompatibility

Recommended reading and resources

Dr Sarah Wickham on Anti - D

https://www.sarawickham.com/anti-d/

Rhogam Injection information

https://www.rxlist.com/rhogam-side-effects-drug-center.htm

https://duedateclub.co.za/

https://www.instagram.com/theduedateclub/

https://www.facebook.com/theduedateclub

https://www.facebook.com/thevirtualmidwife

102 afleveringen

#Kids And Families #Virtual Midwife