dirty ethel rackham Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I found out in college when I donated blood. I was sick they tested it in biology class in high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 . . . because I've been told when donating blood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) I found out when we tested our blood in immunology lab in college. If you want to find out your blood type, they have the blood typing cards at Home Science Tools. Of course, you have to poke your finger to get the blood out to put on the card. Edited December 30, 2008 by EKS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 when I had my first child I had to have a rhogam (?) shot because I'm rh negative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I checked other. I once knew my blood type. We did the tests in anatomy in high school. I think I was A+, but I just can't remember for certain. Now, oldest ds was going to go give blood the other day just so they would tell him what his blood type is. His dog tags say A+, but some of his other paperwork says O-. He wants to know for sure and especially have his dog tags correct. I was shocked to hear about this. He said a lot of the paperwork gets fudged. I am no longer shocked. Now I'm pissed. That's a pretty danged important bit of information to "fudge" on! He also said the information about his thalassemia minor never got recorded by the recruiter. I sat in that man's office and told him about that and asked him to be sure it was put in ds' medical records. It should not have kept him out of the Marines, but it may make a difference if he is injured and needs a transfusion. (I don't know for sure, but neither does the recruiter.) He promised me he would put that in the paperwork. Of course they also screwed up some other paperwork twice which may or may not have cost ds a promotion to lance corporal upon graduating.:glare: Okay, rant over. Probably not the place for it. Sorry for the threadjack, but I felt the need to get it off my chest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Buckin' Longhorn Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I grew up in a military family and we lived overseas for several years so we had to have lots of blood tests and shots before we went over. I guess that's a military thing, because I remember comparing blood types with all of my little friends as a small girl. We all knew ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I know mine and DH's - we have the same blood type. It was part of the standard prenatal screenings my OB did when I got pregnant with Becca. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I found out mine the first time I donated blood (also my last time donating blood since I passed out). I asked the doctors what my children were at birth cause it irritated me not to know my own blood type. I'm O+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn- Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I found out when I got pregnant. I am A+ (or was it AB+... hmmm). I know for certain there is an A and a + in there. I have it on a record around here somewhere from when I traveled late in my pregnancy with DD and they wanted me to carry around a mini history in case something happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammi Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I found out when I was pregnant. My husband is 0+. I don't know my kids'. Tammi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomesteadMommy Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Yes I found out with my first pregnancy I'm o negative. Dh is also, he was tested to find out if our blood types were ok or if I'd need shots while preggy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Because of pregnancy and I'm Rh-. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 It wasn't hard to remember. I'm A- and they are all A+. I had to have rho-gam every pg and after every delivery. All my siblings are A- as well as my mom. My dad was AB-. He donated a lot of blood because his was one of the rarest types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I am also O- I hated those Rhogam shots! (I think I had them with all 3 boys.) I didn't know my blood type until my first pregnancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat19 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Yes, I know mine~O+ :001_smile: I don't remember how or when I found out~I'm thinking when I donated blood in high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucky Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Well, in keeping with having the 2nd or 3rd rarest type... I'm the first to list AB+ I did a test in 8th grade science class. Everyone thought it "had" to be wrong (more genetics/probability issues). But, it was later confirmed when I donated blood -- and again when I got pregnant with my first child. No doubt about it, I'm AB+ I know my oldest is B+ -- but none of my others have been tested yet. Yep, my dd is AB+ and we did her test 3 times just to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in Toronto Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I found out when I first became a blood donor, 20+ years ago. I'm B+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama2girls Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I'm O+, found out during college. DH is O-. The hospital told us before we were discharged what our babies were. One is O+ and one is O-. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeside Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I found out for sure when I was in college and first started donating blood. I have a vague recollection of knowing before that for some reason. Maybe they tested it when I was a baby or sick at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 LOL, maybe asking a bunch of moms was not the best "general population" poll! Most of you seem to know from pregnancy. I didn't know there were blood typing kits you could do at home. Sounds like an experiment we need to do! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I used to be a regular blood donor. Which reminds me, I should make that a habit again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I do think many women learn their blood type during pregnancy, so as you said, this may not be the best sampling of the "general population". My blood type (standard O+) became imprinted on my brain back when I was young. I had a bleeding disorder that was first identified as von Willebrand's disease. This stemmed from blood-clotting problem I had which created issues when I had surgery. Over the years, it was diagnosed differently but I have never really none exactly what the problem is. It played a role in the troubles I had when I was pregnant with Kai and unfortunately prevents me from being a blood donor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Q Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I found out when they did a blood tests during my first pregnancy. Dh knows his because he donates blood a lot... or maybe his parents told him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 LOL, maybe asking a bunch of moms was not the best "general population" poll! Most of you seem to know from pregnancy. I didn't know there were blood typing kits you could do at home. Sounds like an experiment we need to do! Thanks! I didn't know until I was 26 weeks pregnant and went in for my check up and the nurse very casually said it was time for my Rhogam shot...I about flipped out. Dh didn't know his until that time either...we tested his to try to avoid me having the shot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peek a Boo Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I have happy blood: B+ :D I found out w/ the Eldon cards [i got them for about $5 a piece, but not from HST--it was from a midwifery site....moon dragon or something like that....] and it was confirmed when i donated. I also had the kids tested when they were born at home --easy access to their blood then, lol! But i don't remember what they are-- the cards are filed away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melora in NC Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Read it on my blood donor card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 I have happy blood: B+ :D Yes, I am an optimist too! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnetteB Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) A- here, and dh is O+ so we have had to watch over all the pregnancies and miscarriages for the Rhogam requirements. The dc are a real mix of the A and O + and -. I told the girls that they should pre-screen their beaus to avoid the hassle, but eldest dd has married an opposite and has to have Rhogam shots, too. Giving blood will get you a free typing :) That said, dd, 14, has been told by the phlebotomist not to give blood and to save her veins for herself. Edited December 30, 2008 by AnnetteB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I found mine out when I gave my own blood before having back surgery. I'm AB + Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 when I donated blood they sent me a donation card that has my type on it. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularMom Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) Yes, we did this in high school biology as well. I, personally, wasn't squeamish about doing it, but then... well... when the teacher pricked my finger with the little needle-thing, he... well... he accidentally hit a very small capillary, and blood shot out of my finger, splashed his lab coat, the desk, the chalk board, everything. I mean, the blood was practically spraying all around the room -- and all right after the teacher had exasperatedly admonished the girls in the room for being squeamish about it. Like, he'd just finished saying: "Oh, now come on! It's just a little pin prick! Grow up already!" and then he poked me with the thing and BAM! Blood Everywhere! People were backing away, girls were screaming, the whole bit. Seriously -- we could have been a John Hughes film right then and there, it was so surreal and funny. It took quite some time to get everyone calmed down enough to continue the testing. And everyone else's fingers cooperated nicely. One little poke with the needle-thing, and a itty-bitty drop of blood would appear and they'd dab it on a slide and find their blood type. I never did get my blood type that day. There was too much blood. It kept smearing all over the glass slide and we couldn't get a good sample. The teacher told me finally that I could be excused for the day and sent me to the nurse for a bandaid. I found out later in the day that I was the Talk Of The School all day. By the time the final bell rang, everyone was talking about the Girl Who Spouted Gory Amounts Of Blood All Over The Biology Lab. Ah... high school. Years later, when being treated for anemia, I found out I was O+. :) Edited December 30, 2008 by RegularMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 they test it with every pregnancy, so that's how I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I am A+ and so is my youngest son. I found out when I was pg with first dc, and with my youngest we found out when he needed blood two years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I didn't until I became pregnant, then they stuck me with so many needles I couldn't help but find out! A few anti-D injections is enough to burn my blood type (A-) on my memory. :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabelen Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I found out when I was in elementary school. A team came and took everybody's samples and got the results right there and then. This was in Spain, I really don't know if this was a common practice at that time. It's just what we did at my school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I think it was on my wristband when I was in the hospital for son #1's birth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 My two dd's and I are O neg, and dh and ds are A pos. I found out when I got pregnant w/ #1, and was told what the kiddo's were at their births. Dh knows because he donates blood all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarfoot Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I know I'm A +, thanks to 8th grade science class! My teacher pricked every students' finger.:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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