What You Need to Know About Blood Types and Pregnancy

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