RE: Your Blood Type
October 21, 2011 at 1:10 am
(This post was last modified: October 21, 2011 at 1:11 am by Darth.)
(October 20, 2011 at 4:13 pm)Kayenneh Wrote: I knew that already, but it's fascinating, nevertheless. It can be life threatening for a - mother to carry a + baby, since if the baby's blood somehow comes in contact with the mother's, her blood starts to clot in protest.
Thought it was actually the 2nd (usually) Rh + baby, and that it was dangerous to the baby as the mothers antibodies (which she doesn't make until after first exposed to + blood, unlike with A and B antibodies) can cross the placenta and start attacking the baby's blood.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemolytic_d...he_newborn