What You Need to Know About Blood Types and Pregnancy

The Virtual Midwife

One of the routine blood tests that you’ll have done in early pregnancy is a test to determine your blood group. Unless you’ve had major surgery or needed a blood transfusion, you might not know. But in pregnancy it’s important because your baby’s blood group may be different to yours.

In this episode you will learn

• the different blood types
• what is the rhesus factor
• why it is important to know blood type and rhesus factor
• how negative blood type affects pregnancy
• testing for antibodies
• treatment for Rh incompatibility

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