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response to Lynns response re: RH

From: mary (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:44:45 -0500 (CDT)

At Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Lynn D. Montgomery, MD wrote: >
>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
>
>--
>Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
>Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
>Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
>Missoula, Montana

Any ideas of what I could be looking for in her/my charts? Rare liver problems? Something that mimics RH symptoms but is something else? I was diagnosed with polyhydraminos. I did have a cyst on an ovary at the beginning of the pregnancy, could it have had something toxic in it?

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