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T&P Please
Hey all,
I never do this, but I'm having to keep my cool here at work and I'm totally freaking out, so I'm turning to you...
My aunt is pregnant - due April 25th. She had miscarried at least once prior, and this pregnancy hasn't been easy. She found out early on that she and the baby had some sort of incompatible blood disorder. I don't know/understand it, all I know is they've been having to check her blood at every appointment to make sure there's no problems.
Well, it turns out they've read her blood wrong at the past two appointments. Now, she's in the hospital. I didn't get much more than a flustered message about "possibly an emergency C-section" and "might need a blood transfusion" (I don't know if they meant her or the baby).
I don't really have any more information than that...I'm just waiting for an update. Just, if you could, keep her and my uncle and the baby in your thoughts. I'll update you as soon as I know anything else.
Thanks.
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T&P to your family and you. Hopefully at this stage in her pregnancy the baby would be alright if born now, even though an emergency c-section is scary.
Just curious - is it an Rh factor incompatibility?
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I was wondering this too. DH's mom had this with 2 of her 4 kids. Mom and all the kids ended up fine, but I know she had some issues until they figured out that's what the problem was.
I really hope all is well and the if they do have to deliver that the babies lungs are ready. Sounds like given the gestation there is a good likelihood of that.
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Thanks ladies.
Rh factor incompatibility sounds familiar, but I'm getting this all second hand from people who don't know medical jargon at all. I get "something where their blood doesn't work together." They told me once, back in October or so, and I can't remember.
The good news is, they think that everything is fine and they're planning on discharging her tonight with a scheduled induction for Tuesday (unless baby decides to come early/anything else changes). So, keep them in your thoughts for a healthy and happy weekend and an easy delivery Tuesday...
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T&P to your family!
If it is an Rh incompatibility issue, from what I've read it can be resolved with a shot of some kind of antibiotics. Hopefully it is that simple for your aunt!
I'm not sure how much you know about blood types, but I'll give you a little background info. Warning science-y post to follow!
Your blood is either A, B, AB, or O. Additionally, you either have an Rh protein attached to your red blood cells, or you don't -- this is the "positive" part of a blood type such as O positive. Most people are Rh positive, so if an Rh negative mother and an Rh positive father get pregnant, it's likely that the baby will be Rh positive. It's okay for the mother's blood to pass through to the fetus since it doesn't have any Rh Factor in it. But, when the baby's blood passes to the mother (which usually happens to some degree during child birth), the mother's body recognizes that Rh as a foreign substance and develops antibodies for it. This isn't usually an issue for the first born because it takes a few days after child birth for the antibodies to develop. However, with subsequent children, the mother's blood that passes through to the baby is now "infected" with all of these Rh attacking antibodies so it'll go in and destroy the baby's red blood cells. If the condition is known about ahead of time, the mom can be given a series of injections to prevent Rh antibody formation.
Another issue would be if mom was type O and the baby was type A, B, or AB. When a mother is type O, that means she has neither A nor B antigens in her blood. If she were to be exposed to those antigens, her body's naturally occurring A and B antibodies (which are antigen fighters) would attack them. Not a good thing. Normally, people with A or B antibodies have a form called IgM antibodies, which are too large to pass through the placenta to the fetus. So, even if the mother's blood was chocked full of antibodies that would fight the baby's A, B, or AB blood, those antibodies couldn't get to it because they're too large and it's a non-issue. Occassionally, you'll get a mother whose antibodies are IgG antibodies, instead of IgM and those ARE small enough to pass through to the fetus. This can create a major issue whether it's the first born or 9th.
Knowing both of the parent's blood types ahead of time allows doctors to mediate any potential problems before they occur. With the second type of incompatibility, they test for it using the Coomb's test. It sounds to me, based on the fact that she is being discharged (thankfully!) that there was a weakly positive Coomb's test. That means that there was minimal interaction between the mother's IgG A or IgG B and the baby's A or B antigens. In rare cases, this can be extreme enough to require blood transfusion and emergency c-section -- which may have been explained to your aunt and caused an understandable freak out. Normally, if it is an issue, it results in jaundice for the baby, which is completely treatable. Here's to hoping it was the latter!
Disclaimer: I'm an accountant, not a doctor. Though, in my past life, I was a lab tech and spent some time working in a blood bank. That said, there's a lot of sh!t that I don't know!
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SBS... t&p for sure! Hope everything's okay and your cute little new cousin is perfect!