amo_mea_filiis. Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 How important is the rhogam shot when there is a very early miscarriage? I'm O-. I was recently pregnant, no more than 4 weeks. I would never have even known except I had an endocrinology appt. and my cycle was important. It had been 2x per month for 4 months, then one normal, then I was possibly late at the appt. He ran the HCG beta with the other blood work. It was very, very low at 5 (repeated 2 days later and it was only 7). I started cramping and bleeding the following Saturday. Since I knew I was carrying an unhealthy pregnancy, I knew I had miscarried. I did get the rhogam shot. What are the possible consequences if one miscarries without knowing she was pregnant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 It's important for future pregnancies. You need it because you were pregnant and you bled. That can trigger your body into building up immunities against Rh+ (since you don't know what blood type the baby was). Please get your RhoGam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) I'm A- and asked my doctor about this since I thought I had at least one very early miscarraige. I was told that the problem comes when the possibly + blood of the baby mixes with the blood of the mother and causes an immune reaction. In a very early pregnancy, it is very unlikely to cause a problem since the babies heart doesn't start circulating blood until somewhere around 22 days and for the next few weeks there's unlikely to be enough mingling to cause a strong reaction. The initial shot at 28 weeks of the next pregnancy is also supposed to help prevent any reaction. Anytime you know you had a miscarriage or birth, you should definitely get the shot. Edited March 25, 2011 by dottieanna29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 Thank you for the replies. I did get the shot this time, as well as with both kids and one other miscarriage. I was just wondering what could happen if you didn't know you were pregnant (like in my case, the embryo was at 2-3 weeks development, and without that endo appt, I would have assumed my period was just late that saturday morning). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortney Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 It is usually only given for miscarriages after 7 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpidarkomama Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Interesting... I had 3 first trimester miscarriages and never heard of this! :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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