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From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 9 Aug 2000 23:49:21 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 9 Aug 2000, mary wrote: >
>I just dont get something - sorry to keep bringing this subject up. I
>am Rh sensitized and by all accounts it happened in my last pregnancy
>from a failure to get the RhoGAM shot. My prenatal tests at the
>beginning of the pregnancy were fine. My daughter was born at 36 weeks,
>Delta OD in Zone 3, severly jaundice, anemic, exchange transfusion, but
>my titers were only 1:8. Everything I read tells me that 1:8 is low and
>isnt even at a level where a doctor would moniter it or be worried. But
>look at my daughters health. How can such low titers result in such
>extreme problems?

Mary, I certainly agree with you, a "D" titer of 1:8 should not cause problems with the fetus. I would be concerned that they overlooked another antibody or that your baby's anemia was from another cause... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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