WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for October, 1999: Re: ABO incompatability

Re: ABO incompatability

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:13:58 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 28 Oct 1999, JHC wrote: >
>As I am typing this message, I wonder if I should be asking this of a
>Pediatric forum.... but here goes anyway. I am going to undergo IVF
>next month, and will be using donor eggs (again). My husband is blood
>type A-, the donor of the eggs is either A- or O-, and I am O+. The
>last time I did this, using the same donor (was not documented at the
>time of egg retrieval), my son was born with an ABO incompatability
>(positive Coombs). It did not present a big problem, other than having
>to be under phototherapy for about a week. I know that ABO
>incompatability is not as serious as a missed Rh incompatability, but is
>this something I should worry about?

No. It is rarely a true problem. More of an inconvenience (like a week of phototherapy).

>I am sure over the next few weeks I
>will find a multitude of things to worry about.
>
>Regards,
>JHC

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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