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ABO blood incompatibilityFrom: Rebecca (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat, 17 Jun 2000 09:01:14 -0500 (CDT)
My dh and I have two children together that suffered from ABO blood incompatibility. The second was born at a free standing birth center and the condition was not caught as early with him, sending him to the hospital after all to be under lights-then a bili blanket for another 7 days. Other than this problem, pregnancy is a breeze for me and delivery is only complicated by my own spondlylolithesis (sp?) and the ABO. The problem is that most nurses and midwives are not familiar with this condition and assume it is RH related. It isn't and I am frustrated. I am pregnant again and having to face birthing in a hospital again for the sake of the baby is very difficult. Is there anything I can do? I understand there is no treatment for me to take while I am preggo, as it's supposedly just a reaction to my dh's and my own blood types (A+, O+ respectively) Regardless of being willing to go to the bloomin hospital again, the nurses still don't know a thing about it when it's mentioned in my file. In fact they ask me! Not very reassuring at all, so I am beginning to wonder if it's really a better idea to be at the hospital at all-especially if they try to take the baby away right after testing the blood for the condition. They scarred my first son's foot after birth and took him away from me. I don't mean to knock the medical establishment, but you would think after 4 kids I would know a little something about my own body and how to get through delivery the way I was intended. ANy suggestions as to how to deal with this annoying problem?
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