![]() He knows that no one gets to tell me what I am doing with my body but me! Did this nurse not read my notes in the chart where I already talked to my Midwife about this? Or worse, did my Midwife not make any notes in my chart about what we discussed previously about the glucose, vaccines, and RhoGAM shot? Either way, this was a major red flag for me. But I had a look on my face that he knew meant trouble. Find the link at the end of this blog post.) I then looked over at my husband, thankful that he is finally able to come to appointments with me since COVID. "I have already talked to my midwife about all of this and we are not going to be doing the RhoGAM shot today." (You may want to read my other blog post about why I fired my prenatal healthcare team at 31 weeks pregnant. An injection of this medicine: Stops your body from making antibodies against your baby’s blood cells. It is usually given about 26 to 28 weeks into the pregnancy. After the nurse entered the room, her exact words words to me were "You are due for your glucose test (she had the sick orange bottle of sugar in her hand already), your vaccines, and your RhoGAM shot today." I simply replied with the answer. It is best to have a RhoGAM injection during pregnancy before your body has begun to make antibodies against your baby’s blood cells. So there I was sitting in the hospital room waiting for the nurse to get my appointment started. Because when Moms blood mixes with your first baby's blood during the birth process, it can cause mothers body to make antibodies to your baby's blood type and prevent you getting pregnant with your second baby if your body perceives the new pregnancy/baby's blood type as an invader. It was explained to me by my previous Midwife that the RhoGAM shot is not necessarily for the birth of your first child, but for the birth of your second child. Now lets break that down into terms that we can actually wrap our head around. It's typically for mothers with Rh-negative blood type and keeps a mother from making antibodies to her baby's blood type when a mothers blood may mix with her baby's blood during birth. A simple google search or educational materials given to you by your prenatal healthcare provider will tell you that it's an injection made up of antibodies called immunoglobulin that help protect a fetus from its mother's antibodies. RhoGAM, a drug developed in the 1960s by Columbia University physicians, prevents one of the most severe and devastating diseases affecting fetuses and newborn babies and is still in use today FebruShare on Facebook Tweet Share by email By Joe Neighbor You’d be forgiven for having never heard of Rh disease. Before we dive into my personal experience with the RhoGAM shot, lets first talk about what it is and why it's recommended by your prenatal healthcare team.
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