Thanks for all your comments! My doctor will give me the injections against Rhesus D at 28 and 34 weeks and after birth, as I haven't been sensitised to D yet. I've done a lot more net surfing and finally found a mention of the anti-M antibody. It is extremely rare which means I can't find any good information on it, but it will do exactly the same things as having Rhesus D. The only thing is I don't know is how severe it will be. It could be a much weaker version that never affects the baby as seriously as anti-D or it may be as strong. The good thing is that now I know exactly what the treatment will be and as we can monitor it from such an early stage, hopefully the baby will be ok.

When this is all over, I better write some advice on this and other lesser known antibodies!

xx

I have O- blood type also. I was lucky that my doctor did pre-pregnancy bloods before we started trying and discovered it - he explained everything and gave me heaps of literature. Everyone else has covered everything here I think but make sure you get your Anti-D shots - mine were at 28 & 34 weeks and then after the baby is born if they have a positive blood type. Our first has the same blood type as me but number 2 has O+ so I had to have the extra shot within 24 hours of him being born.
Ask your doctors any leaflets etc they have on it for you and it will help you understand what is going on. Good luck & I hope everything goes well for you all!

It must be so scary for you at the moment.  I am A- and my partner is A+.  thankfully, I've not had any probs with my pregnancies, but the risk is always there.

A baby born under what you have described is called a blue baby.  I believe that basically their little bodies have been fought really hard by yours they don't have any immunity left.

I was told that if i had the same problem, my baby would undergo a blood transfusion so that they had a good chance of surviving.

this problem can also affect future pregnancies, but if you had and Anti D shot, then you'll be right.

I hope that they can tell you what is going on and that things look up for here.  Fingers crossed for you hun.

Hi there,

Try clicking here for more information on RN negative blood.  I had this when I was preggers nothing to worry about.  I had 2 or was it 3, i can't remember but anyway I was given the Anti D injection I think at 28 and 38 weeks and one after the baby was born.  It is routine that the hospital will do a blood test on your baby to find out his/her blood type.  I'm not sure what it is like in your country but here in Australia you have the injection througout your pregency.

Hope this helps 

hi, well what a nightmare talk about pee on your bonfire!!!.
i am A rhesus negative as well and when my little girl was born she was tested as positive which is fairly common if the mother is neg. what happens is when you are preggie with your first child your body is ok with the fact that you have an 'anti-body' in your system. the prob is is that it will only accept this certain 'anti-body' once, like when you have a cold not a lot of people know that you never have the same cold twice as there are hundreds in the atmosphere. your body fights the different colds off as and when you get them for eg your partner gets a cold and you have never had it you then get the cold, but if they get the cold and you have already had it then you will not be ill. (to the disgust of your partner) honest its true...
this happens with children its horrible that at this stage they are referred to as antibodies but in true style they are a mass of cells. you shouldn't have any more problems from now till little one is born alot of people don't even know the blood group or the in depths of how it effects your life..
after the baby is born you SHOULD be given an injection in either the top of your leg or bottom of your stomach called ANTI-D i say should because they nearly didnt give me this. this has to be administered within the first 48 hours after child birth this allows your body NOT to fight off any future pregnancies that you may wish to have even if you dont want any more children do not turn down the injection as you may not be able to undo what was offered should your circumstancies change in the future....
i really hope this helps.