Author Topic: Any ladies with negative RH? (Read 5427 times)

dabollig · « **Reply #15 on:** May 22, 2010, 10:26:52 PM »

This topic brings up another interesting subject-birth control pills and how they are ruining marriages and offspring in a biological standpoint. When a woman goes on these pills she becomes nuetered of sorts and is unable to smell certain pheromones needed to attract similar mates with certain traits needed to have strong offspring. I watched a show where a woman was actually physically allergic to her husbands sperm but never knew it until they stopped using condoms as birth control. That is off topic but still interesting. When these chemically altered females marry the men they find they are not attracted to them for long but from a biological standpoint, most cant stand the "smell" of their husband. It drives them to leave among otherthings too. I just find this fascinating because God never intended for us to strip ourselves of our uniqueness and now that we do we are physically unable to find our "true" mate so to speak. I guess what I am saying is that we actually have scientific proof of birthcontrol pills affecting marriages and offspring. Not to mention of course that a woman's health is on the line when she uses them.

parentsfortruth · « **Reply #16 on:** May 22, 2010, 10:31:35 PM »

Yeah that's kind of another subject perhaps for another thread.

This shot was for women that don't have the RH factor, so they don't have a spontaneous abortion because their body reacts negatively to another RH+ baby. It's to protect life, not eliminate it.

But from what I have read now, it doesn't seem necessary.

MaterDominici · « **Reply #17 on:** May 23, 2010, 06:59:14 PM »

It sounds like another case of something that IS sometimes necessary, but rather than go the lengths to figure out when and where it would be needed, they just give it to everyone who might need it.

Is this injection expensive? Everytime I hear of something like this my first two thoughts are (1) money-maker for the drug company OR (2) doctors too afraid of lawsuits to actually practice medicine to the best of their ability.

treadingwater · « **Reply #18 on:** May 23, 2010, 07:15:33 PM »

There is a definite need for this drug, but it is overused. I was told by many Obstetricians they treat all RH- women regardless of need to save the 10% who do actually end up needing Rhogam. It is very expensive and has a very short shelf life, so expensive that most doctors do not have it in office you have to got the hospital to receive the injection. With out a prescription Rhogam starts at the low price of $150 up to $198 depending on the brand..

CathMomof7 · « **Reply #19 on:** June 02, 2010, 09:19:03 AM »

I am a former lab technician and also a mother with Negative Rh factor. I'll try to explain it as best as possible. All people have multiple antigens in their blood. Rh factor is merely a term used to identify one of those antigens which is actually called D/d. Individuals who have DD or Dd are considered Rh +. Individuals who recessive, dd, are Rh -. This is where it gets a bit complicated. A mother who is Rh -, or dd, and a father who is Rh -, or dd, can ONLY pass on recessive genes to their offspring. Therefore their children will 100% of the time be Rh -. However, if the mother is Rh -, or dd, and the father is Rh +, either DD or Dd, there is NO way to determine which gene he will pass on. If the father carries two dominate genes, all of the children will be Rh +. If the father carries one of each, there is a 50% chance that the child will also be Rh+. If the mother and child have two different Rh factors, then the mother's blood can cross through the placenta and attack the baby's blood causing serious blood problems. Most often than not, the first pregnancy is not affected. If not treated however, the antigens remain and they will attack the growing baby from the next pregnancy usually causing a miscarriage. RhoGam is a serum which causes any antibodies that have built up to be collected and flushed out of the mothers blood stream. The injection is ONLY necessary if the father of the child is Rh +. My husband and I share the same blood type, A -, so I refuse to take the injection. Every pregnancy someone gives me hoo-hah about it and I am required to sign a medical release. I am not a fan of injections, but from personal and professional experience this is an incredible scientific discovery. It has saved countless numbers of children from death and serious blood disorders.

spouse of Jesus · « **Reply #20 on:** June 02, 2010, 09:57:03 AM »

When I think about all those things that doctors consider necessary, and all those cautions, tests, vitamions etc. which are published here in newspapers, magazines in billboards and in all public places, I can't help stop and think about the presumption behind most of them.... that there will be a long space between one's marriage and the first pregnancy.
Then I reach the conclusion that maybe no catholic can succomb to all of them. Those in charge of 'mother and child health' who promote this or that care to be taken 3 months before each pregnancy, never consider the possiblity that someone open to life can be a maiden now, and get with child the next week if she marries. So, when they speak about couples going there, being tested in labs and then taking this or that vitamine/medicine for three months to prepare the woman, it all shows me that it is not appliable to Catholics.
(how can a doctor examine a maiden's womb?)

PS. sorry if I was gross, but I was reallllly curious.

parentsfortruth · « **Reply #21 on:** June 03, 2010, 04:32:08 PM »

I don't think there's really a way to "examine" it if there isn't a child in the womb other than testing the walls which would be done by actually scraping it with some kind of instrument and subjecting that small sample for testing.

If there is a child in the womb, however, they can "examine" it with what's called an Ultrasound, by using soundwaves that reflect off to create a picture.

Here's an example, and one of the neatest ones I've ever seen.

http://www.babystepsdvd.com/index.php

Otherwise here's a link describing one of the practices they use to test the womb. I don't agree that one would "absolutely need" any of these tests, but these are the ones that are pretty common, especially now that the drug companies manipulate everything and scare people into wanting these tests, even demanding they have some "right" to them.

http://womenshealth.about.com/od/surgeryforgyndiseases/Tests_Procedures_Surgery_for_Women.htm