Assuming the mother is sensitized to The positive blood of the baby, the mother's body will treat the baby as if it is a foreign body and attack the baby's red blood cells, essentially suffocating the baby via lack of oxygen. This isn't typically an issue if it is the mother's first baby, but if she becomes sensitized while or after birthing the first baby, then future pregnancies can be an issue unless the baby also has RH negative blood.
Can we maybe dive deeper into what that heck the difference is and why nobody really talks about the difference and why it possibly exists? Thanks.
If the fetus is rh+ and mother is rh-, then what happens if you don't get the rhogam shot?
Assuming the mother is sensitized to The positive blood of the baby, the mother's body will treat the baby as if it is a foreign body and attack the baby's red blood cells, essentially suffocating the baby via lack of oxygen.
This isn't typically an issue if it is the mother's first baby, but if she becomes sensitized while or after birthing the first baby, then future pregnancies can be an issue unless the baby also has RH negative blood.