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Bloodwork back from routine pregnancy checkup found that I'm not immune from rubella.?
In my first pregnacy, I was immune. This time, I'm not. This does not make any sense to me. The Dr said that it was because I was just above the "cut-off" for immunity and this time, I'm just below the "cut-off". How is this possible. Once you have an immunity, do you not have that same immunity for life? I'm not all that worried, but a little concerned since getting Rubella now that I'm pregnant can be very serious to my unborn baby.
Can't find any insight into fading rubella immunity on line...I thought that someone in the community might have be able to shed a little more light on the subject.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I'm not a doctor, but there are 2 ways I would look at this question.
1) The Test. First, the "level" of antibodies in the blood that signal an "imunity" to rubella may have changed in the medical community since your last pregnancy. Also, the last test, as it was further behind in technology, may not have been as accurate as the new test. Both times you were close to the cut-off, so a more sensitive test could make the difference here.
2) Your blood. I figure that on any given day, our blood can have slightly different properties. For example, did you drink a lot of water one day and not another.... Did you take a vitamin pill? Drink alcohol? etc, etc. Not that these thing have anything to do with your test, I';m just saying, things we put into our bodies go into our blood stream eventually.
Either way, the only thing you can do is be cautious like always and wash you hands, etc and stay away from people with rubella. And, since other people are vaccinated (the MMR shot), the chances of you getting it are pretty slim anyway.
