Pregnancy health scares and medical problems (other than morning sickness)

[scoop 10]

Is this your partners first pregnancy, Jabberwocky?

If I remember rightly from when my aunt had some problems with this it is the second and subsequent pregnancies that can be problematic for rhesus negative women, but don't quote me on it.

[Jabberwocky 46]

Its the first with the rhesus thing yes. Im assuming that Rhesus is the same thing as the Rhesus monkeys, so Im cheering my other half up by calling her a worthless ape.

 

See? I CAN be sensitive if i try really hard!

[Eleke95 10]

Hi Jabberwocky! I am rhesus neg and it is fine with the first pregnancy, like someone has already said, it is the 2nd etc that there maybe problems. I had to have an anti D injection a couple of days after the birth of my 2nd baby a couple of years ago. But it is absolutely nothing to worry about! The midwives will explain everything and put your partners mind at rest!

[Rooty 10]

Jabbers if you go on http://www.blood.co.uk (under 'all about blood') - i can't get on it something to do with Flash Player . Theres a blood group calculator and i think you can put your other halfs blood group in and your little girls and i think it will give you suggestions for what your blood group is.

[Jabberwocky 46]

Hi Jabberwocky! I am rhesus neg and it is fine with the first pregnancy, like someone has already said, it is the 2nd etc that there maybe problems. I had to have an anti D injection a couple of days after the birth of my 2nd baby a couple of years ago. But it is absolutely nothing to worry about! The midwives will explain everything and put your partners mind at rest!

Yup! this is going to be our second ankle biter. My other half had the intra muscular jab today plus a blood test. We travelled all the way into Leicester and we only sent around 10 minutes in the hospital.

The odd thing is, the baby is now in position for birth, we discovered this on tuesday at a visit to the midwifes, the baby isnt due until February but the midwife says not to worry. My other half has been feeling contractions for the past few days plus shes been feeling ill, really ill, and after the injection...She felt fine! All shes got now are the slight contractions. Im wondering if the jab stopped something...

[Jabberwocky 46]

Jabbers if you go on http://www.blood.co.uk (under 'all about blood') - i can't get on it something to do with Flash Player . Theres a blood group calculator and i think you can put your other halfs blood group in and your little girls and i think it will give you suggestions for what your blood group is.

Thanks for that! I checked and I could be any one of three groups, although the otherhalf tells me that if I have human blood in me, she`ll eat her hat! She suggested I go to a vet and have a blood test there because Im either part pig, or part lizard.

I COULD have a blood test to determine my group but... Im yeller.

[pattricia 578]

Yup! this is going to be our second ankle biter. My other half had the intra muscular jab today plus a blood test. We travelled all the way into Leicester and we only sent around 10 minutes in the hospital.

The odd thing is, the baby is now in position for birth, we discovered this on tuesday at a visit to the midwifes, the baby isnt due until February but the midwife says not to worry. My other half has been feeling contractions for the past few days plus shes been feeling ill, really ill, and after the injection...She felt fine! All shes got now are the slight contractions. Im wondering if the jab stopped something...

 

 

Only just seen this post Jabbers.Looks like the injection may have been to stop the contractions. Hows Julie feeling today ? Dont be afraid to ask any questions at your GPs or the Maternity unit. The fact that you werent kept long at the hospital shows they had no worry over the baby.They will have got her up to date scans etc;

[Jabberwocky 46]

Julie is fine today, in fact, about 20 minutes after the needle went in she reported an improvement. Now shes full of vim and in a very good and relaxed mood.

I wish the pains would come back because shes bugging me. At least she was quiet then!

[pattricia 578]

Julie is fine today, in fact, about 20 minutes after the needle went in she reported an improvement. Now shes full of vim and in a very good and relaxed mood.

I wish the pains would come back because shes bugging me. At least she was quiet then!

 

 

Dont take too much notice of medical advice from SF, medical books or Google, over Julies pregnancy. They may not be up to date with the latest facts,but the Maternity unit will.

[Nirvanaliz 10]

My mum's read a leaflet about Group B Strep and is now that worried about it, she keeps pestering me to get tested.

 

Has anyone else heard about this before and took the test? Apparently the NHS test is really inaccurate but you can pay around £30 to have the test done privately.

[Tigs 10]

Hi

 

For info:

 

GBS is very common (exact figures untested and thus unknown) and is thought to be carried by 1 in 3 women of childbearing age. Out of all the people I know who have had babies in the last few years, over 50% had this - some found out via the test and some because of their waters breaking prior to labour starting.

 

I found out that I had it (due to tests resulting from concerns) in early pregnancy, but it is not tested as standard procedure by the NHS due to the lack of resources. Despite this, GBS is the biggest baby killer in the UK. However, if antibiotics are given intravenously during the labour, the risk significantly reduces to nearly 0%.

 

As you mentioned the NHS tests are cheap and ineffective anyhow, and result in 50% of false negatives, due to the way in which the samples are cultured.

 

There are several private labs which perform this test for approx £30 during the last few weeks of pregnancy. The following website gives lots of info on GBS and also gives information on one of these private clinics.

 

http://www.gbss.org.uk/

 

My test experience:

 

I was led to believe that if I had the private test week 37 and it was negative, then I wouldn't need intravenous antibiotics during the birth.

 

However, after a negative test, I was told by a hospital consultant that they wouldn't support my home birth as I could still be GBS positive during labour, and that antibiotics should still be administered. This conflicted with midwife advice during the birth, when I had to push for the antibiotics after the 'specialist' advice conflicted with theirs.

 

Though GBS affects a relatively small number of babies, it can cause horrible disabilities or even death, so is it even worth taking the risk when it’s practically avoidable? I think £30 is a small price to pay to such reassurance.

 

Let me know if I can give info on my experience or on GBS generally,

 

Good luck with the pregnancy!

 

Tigs

[bignose 10]

I have Group B Strep and my consultant supported my home delivery after a negative test at 37 weeks. The gbss supprt group are very helpful but I would say that if you labour pre 37 weeks, have previous children infected with Group B Strep or have not delivered 24 hours after rupture of membranes then I would insist on the the IV antib's anyway.