What if mother is positive and father is negative?

Rh-positive mothers do not have to worry, even if the father is Rh negative. Rh blood typing and testing currently are performed routinely at the first visit. If the mother is Rh positive, there is no cause for concern. If, however, the mother is Rh negative, the father should be checked.

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What if mother blood group is positive and baby negative?

Her antibodies will pass into the baby's bloodstream and attack those cells. This can make the baby's red blood cells swell and rupture. This is known as hemolytic or Rh disease of the newborn. It can make a baby's blood count get very low.

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Can a positive mom have a negative child?

The answer is yes — but only if neither parent passes along Rhesus D. The simple Punnett square here demonstrates how this is possible.

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What 2 blood types are not compatible for pregnancy?

Rh incompatibility occurs when the mother's blood type is Rh negative and her fetus' blood type is Rh positive.

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Which parent determines the blood type of the child?

A baby may have the blood type and Rh factor of either parent, or a combination of both parents. Rh factors follow a common pattern of genetic inheritance. The Rh-positive gene is dominant (stronger) and even when paired with an Rh-negative gene, the positive gene takes over.

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How Rh factor affects a pregnancy

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Can a child have a different blood type than both parents?

Yes, a child is able to have a different blood type than both parents. Which parent decides the blood type of the child? The child's blood type is decided by both parents' blood type. Parents all pass along one of their 2 alleles to make up their child's blood type.

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Do all children of the same parents have the same blood type?

A child can have a different blood type than their parents and also the same blood type. Our RBCs carry antigens on their surfaces and the ability to produce these antigens is determined by genes inherited from parents. So, genotypes determine the blood groups in the child.

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Which two blood groups Cannot marry?

A person having Rh factor in blood is called Rh positive whereas that who does not carry this protein in the blood is called Rh negative. Marriage should be avoided in between Rh negative female & Rh positive male. This can be fatal for the mother as well as the baby of such parents.

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What are the 3 rarest blood types?

The rarest blood types are:
  • B negative(B -ve), which is found in 1.5 percent of the total population.
  • AB negative(AB -ve), which is found in 0.6 percent of the total population.
  • AB positive(AB +ve), which is found in 3.4 percent of the total population.

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Does the father's blood type matter in pregnancy?

Except in very rare cases, it doesn't matter if you're a different blood group to your baby's dad.

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What blood type rejects pregnancy?

When the blood of an Rh-positive fetus gets into the bloodstream of an Rh-negative woman, her body will recognize that the Rh-positive blood is not hers. Her body will try to destroy it by making anti-Rh antibodies. These antibodies can cross the placenta and attack the fetus's blood cells.

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Can a positive and a negative have a healthy baby?

Problems arise only with Rh-negative mothers and Rh-positive babies. Usually the first pregnancy goes fine. It's a subsequent Rh-positive baby who may be at risk. The mother themselves are in no danger.

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What parent blood types make a negative?

The only way for someone to have a negative blood type is for both parents to have at least one negative factor. For example, if someone's Rh factors are both positive, it is not possible for his or her child to have a negative blood type.

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Can being Rh negative cause miscarriage?

It is important to note that being Rh-negative in and of itself does not cause miscarriage or pregnancy loss. You are only at risk if you have been sensitized. The risk is very small if you have the recommended RhoGAM shots during pregnancy, or after an ectopic pregnancy, pregnancy loss, or induced abortion.

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Why is Rh-negative blood so rare?

Rh- is rare partially because of how it is inherited: Rh- is a recessive trait. A recessive trait is only visible when you inherit it from both parents. In contrast, a dominant trait shows up even if you only inherit it from one parent. So someone with DNA for both Rh+ and Rh- will have positive type blood.

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Can Rh incompatibility cause early miscarriage?

Rh factor: Miscarriage can be caused because of the incompatibility of the mother's blood and the blood of the unborn foetus commonly known as Rh factor incompatibility. This type of miscarriage occur when the blood type of mother is Rh negative, and the foetus blood type is Rh positive.

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What is the healthiest blood type?

Of the eight main blood types, people with Type O have the lowest risk for heart attacks and blood clots in the legs and lungs. This may be because people with other blood types have higher levels of certain clotting factors, which are proteins that cause blood to coagulate (solidify).

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What blood type is Queen Elizabeth 2?

Famous people with blood type O include Queen Elizabeth II, Paul Newman, Elvis Presley, Ronald Regan, John Gotti, and Gerald Ford.

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Can full siblings have different blood types?

Brothers and sisters don't always share the same blood type. The genotype of both parents plays a role in defining the blood type. For instance, children of parents with the genotypes AO and BO may have the blood types A, B, AB, or O. Thus, siblings do not necessarily have the same blood type.

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Which blood types should not mix?

People with type A blood will react against type B or type AB blood. People with type B blood will react against type A or type AB blood. People with type O blood will react against type A, type B, or type AB blood. People with type AB blood will not react against type A, type B, type AB, or type O blood.

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Can O and O have a baby?

Two O parents will get an O child nearly all of the time.

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Does your bloodline come from your father?

The egg and sperm each have one half of a set of chromosomes. The egg and sperm together give the baby the full set of chromosomes. So, half the baby's DNA comes from the mother and half comes from the father.

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What is special about A+ blood?

The most powerful part of A+ blood can be found in the platelets. Platelets can be donated as often as every seven days and up to 24 times a year. Platelets are in high demand by hospitals and often help cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Red blood cells from A+ donors also hold lifesaving power.

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What is O positive blood used for?

Type O positive blood is critical in trauma care. Those with O positive blood can only receive transfusions from O positive or O negative blood types. Type O positive blood is one of the first to run out during a shortage due to its high demand.

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