![]() Naturally, I’m prematurely freaking out here and my husband is ready to cancel our Internet access. The hell is that about? And why didn’t anyone tell me? So, any future pregnancies can result in big problems. The O negative person starts to fight said blood type-treat it as a problem, a foreign body. However, during birth, blood types often mingle, causing the O negative carrier to come in contact with the O positive blood type. And since positive blood types are the dominant ones, there’s a good chance the baby will end up positive. A first pregnancy is usually not a problem because the woman most likely hasn’t come into contact with the antigen before. Here’s where things get a little wacky. If an O negative woman has a baby with an O positive man, and the baby is O positive, the woman can develop a problem. As I was searching and reading and learning about Rh factors and whatnot, I discovered a corner of the Internet dedicated to second and third pregnancies and O negative blood types. (Someone smart needs to mom it down for me.)Ĭan two O negatives make an O positive? Is that even impossible? Also, are all the negatives eventually going to die off? It appears that way, right? Were there more at one point in time? I need a crash course on blood types. O negative blood carriers cannot take any other blood type because they lack the antigens involved and will therefore fight with it.Two O positive blood carriers can have O negative offspring.Anyone can use my blood but I can’t use any other blood type except for my own. ![]() Here’s the breakdown of ABO and Rh blood type by nation.Īnd here’s a laymen’s understanding of my blood type: So last night I started digging around on google (I KNOW!) and discovered all sorts of weird stuff about my O negative blood type and how seemingly incompatible and uppity it is. I told her I was O negative and she remembered something about the negative Rh factor. I really gave this little thought up until yesterday when my mother and I started talking about blood type. ![]()
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