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Recently went through miscarriage, possible RH sensitivity, curious about RH inheritance to the fetus.?
During the miscarriage, I felt the need to get as much information as I could to help her through the ordeal.
In my reading, I came across and article about RH sensitivity. Noting that if the mother is RH negative, it can cause complications with unborn fetuses who do not share the RH negative trait.
Since both she and I are RH negative, and RH negativity is a recessive gene I would think that our child would only come out RH negative as well.
My genetics are a little rusty, and I remember something about alleles causing variances in inherited traits.
Basically what I really want to know is if both the mother and the father are RH negative, then is it necessary to still get the RoGam shot after this miscarriage?
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- DrJLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
The MD is not going to play the ethics/morality game. Even though both parents are Rh-, the MD is going to play it by the book... and that is, request the RhoGam shot be given. There is always a chance that the father isn't the true sire of the baby.... and the MD is not going to debate that small, but still real possibility and thus they will err on the side of caution.
Source(s): Emeritus Biology Professor - gilfillanLv 44 years ago
nicely, being RH damaging myself, and my husband not being RH damaging, to be truthful, i'm nonetheless slightly uncertain. i'm desirous to declare that yeah, you adult men will probably nonetheless choose the rogam shot, fairly with the aid of fact the miscarriage. If my reminiscence serves me wisely, there are 2 pictures you get (and that i'm hoping i don't get you adult men disenchanted over this, i comprehend miscarriage is a delicate subject count so i'm attempting to word it devoid of sounding harsh or something..) for the duration of being pregnant, a classic being pregnant, the lady regularly gets a shot around 35 weeks, i think of? i are turning out to be the two pictures in my bum at 35 weeks with the two pregnancies, if i will submit to in techniques top. Then, if the toddler finally ends up being a definite type, there is yet another shot the lady will ought to get after delivery... to help ward off issues in destiny pregnancies. it certainly relies upon on the blood form of the toddler, however. With my first being pregnant, i did not ought to have the 2d shot, certainly. probably be waiting to get a greater helpful reaction from a doctor, or perhaps an OBGYN who might def. comprehend greater approximately your difficulty. Sorry approximately your loss, however.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
The only harm it could have done to the mother is if, say, she was Rh negative, you were positive. Then the different Rh type of the fetus could attack or even kill the mother. (Since + is superior to -)
Since you and your child's mother are both -, it can be assumed that your child would have been negative as well.
