Your blood type?

Oh, OK! · 23/04/09 - 16:54

I've just been informed that I'm 'A Negative', (different to both of my parents who are both Positive)

Have you ever had any complications due to your blood group? How much does it actually matter? Is my blood like liquid gold now?

System · 23/04/09 - 16:54

I'm A-ve too.

No complications.

http://www.blood.co.uk/StockGraph/stocklevelstandard.aspx

KBBJ · 23/04/09 - 16:56

Mine's blue.

[Deleted User] · 23/04/09 - 17:02

Only potential problem will be if you have a +ve baby and sustain a bleed in pregnancy. However there's meds for that.

stvn758 · 23/04/09 - 17:04

Yes, as long as you never bleed you will be fine.:D

[Deleted User] · 23/04/09 - 17:05

O negative. Which can cause serious complications in pregnancy. If the foetus is a different blood type to the mother, the mothers body may try to abort it. Luckily you can be given a jab of anti D which fools the body in some way.

[Deleted User] · 23/04/09 - 17:23

I'm A -ve. Had to have a fair few 'Anti-D' shots during pregnancy . My Nan lost a baby to Rhesus Disease many years ago

System · 23/04/09 - 17:28

I am A- too. I think it can be a bit risky with +ve OH when producing babies, but it is easy to sort out these days. We make up about 6% of the population with our ancestry at the northern and southern Germanic areas of Europe. My paternal granny's family had a German name, so I expect it comes that way. We knock out the Os over time!

(I learned all this by donating blood as I shall be doing tomorrow, so come on, everyone else can go too soon).

gertrude hubble · 23/04/09 - 19:27

I'm O -ve and had to have anti d shots following both my labours but didn't need any injections during my pregnancies and carried both babies to full term.

rowanjeli · 23/04/09 - 19:55

How do you find out?

I'va asked my doctor and she doesn't know what mine is. Although I've had blood tests over the years she said it's not something that gets recorded , or at least reported back.

System · 23/04/09 - 19:56

rowanjeli wrote: »

How do you find out?

I'va asked my doctor and she doesn't know what mine is. Although I've had blood tests over the years she said it's not something that gets recorded , or at least reported back.

Donate blood - then you'll find out.

rowanjeli · 23/04/09 - 19:58

gadders wrote: »

Donate blood - then you'll find out.

I went once many years ago and they didn't want it.:D
Said I needed it myself.
Honestly - no explanation, just thanks but no thanks.

[Deleted User] · 23/04/09 - 20:00

I'm O, but am not sure positive or negative, or have a rhesus factor or whatever!

I'm the one who can give blood to anyone, which one is that + or -?

[Deleted User] · 23/04/09 - 20:02

A+. I tested myself at uni

[Deleted User] · 23/04/09 - 20:03

i'm o rhesus neg, monkey blood as my nanna used to say, and the best sort of blood there is, go me!!!!!
i also had to have the anti d shots during my pregnancies, left me with some nasty bruising too!

izanami · 23/04/09 - 20:05

A +ve

(filler)

Subrosa · 23/04/09 - 20:08

O rhesus positive.

I'm common

System · 23/04/09 - 20:08

I'm another A-.

[Deleted User] · 23/04/09 - 20:11

O Positive.

mashamoto79 · 23/04/09 - 20:12

o- and had no problems with my little boy who is positive, had the anti-d shots at 28 and 32 weeks.

[Deleted User] · 23/04/09 - 20:15

scofield wrote: »

I'm O, but am not sure positive or negative, or have a rhesus factor or whatever!

I'm the one who can give blood to anyone, which one is that + or -?

Same as me -ve. Anyone can have our blood. But we can only have o neg back.

[Deleted User] · 23/04/09 - 20:15

B -, second rarest blood type I think...I am pretty sure AB - is the rarest

gonnaenodaethat · 23/04/09 - 20:18

A negative and have lost 8 babies but carried 3 to full term. My OH was O positive and there was a conflict with the babies blood and my blood. Injections of anti D did not stop it.

I also had an operation a few years back and felt so unwell afterwards they tested my blood and I now have anti e in my blood stream although i have no idea what it means.

Muggsy · 23/04/09 - 20:18

AB+ve. I'm very nearly useless.:(

[Deleted User] · 23/04/09 - 20:20

scofield wrote: »

I'm O, but am not sure positive or negative, or have a rhesus factor or whatever!

I'm the one who can give blood to anyone, which one is that + or -?

If you can give blood to anyone you are O Negative.

catinabasket · 23/04/09 - 20:23

My husband and I are A+ but we did not know that until we had blood tests to find out, after our pregnant daughter was diagnosed A-. Then I remembered that in algebra 2 negs make a pos and 2 pos make a neg!

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