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: RH - more info
From: mary (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 26 Oct 2000 20:30:17 -0500 (CDT)
See posting yesterday for the facts, please - titled RH Dr Montgomery
opinion.
Its the first postingAt Thu, 26 Oct 2000, R. Daniel Braun, MD wrote:
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>At Thu, 26 Oct 2000, mary wrote:
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>>Hi - me again. RH sensitized to D, no Rhogam at 28 weeks or screen.
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>>My doctor is taking the postition that i had a massive placental bleed
>>occuring after 28 weeks, resulting in the sensitization. That the bleed
>>was greater than the Rhogam that she gave, thus resulting in my affected
>>child. Problem with her theory is that i didnt get the shot. Baby was
>>born at 36 weeks with severe symptoms.
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>>I understand that it is an immune system response and that it is hard to
>>track when such an event occurred, but me knowing that I didnt have the
>>shot, knowing that the pathologist said my placenta looked normal,
>>wouldnt her theory be pretty unlikely and my theory that I had a small
>>bleed, became sensitized due to no Rhogam in my system, had an affected
>>child all in the same preg be more likely?
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>Certainly possible. Without knowing all the facts, I can't make a guess
>at likelihood.
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>RDB
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>R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG
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