Rhogam

Normally the shot you received (like a vaccine) after the first delivery protects your second baby during your second pregancy.
But, I don't know why you didn't receive a short after your second delivery. I received one after each baby.
If you have any doubt, ask your Ob Gyn.

I have 2 children. My first one was Rh - and my second was Rh+. With both of them I had the rhogam shot at 28 weeks, and with my second one after she was born. I developed antibodies with my positive child. I got pregnant again and had a miscariage due to devolping antibodies so you need to tell your doc.

Catslight

You only need the shot if YOU are rh-. i cant remember about the dad but it seems like their is something about that too...talk to your obgyn? have you already had the 2nd baby?

Because there is no chance of your second being the same type as you. I was the same way and didnt get the shot the second time. Completely normal, be glad it just saved you some money.

I am going to assume your blood type is negative. If it is positive, then they gave it to you accidentially the first time and you never needed it in the first place.

But assuming your blood type is negative....good question. If a woman has a negative blood type, it is standard to have the shot IN CASE they have positive blood typed children. Your body can be exposed to the baby's positive blood type during the birth process, causing the body to build up antibodies. This is not dangerous with the first child, but when a person is preganant with #2, those warrior antibodies can be waiting to attack the foreign object (ie., the baby) just like your immune system attacks a virus. Think of the exposure from baby #1 as the "flu shot" and baby #2+ as the "flu".

For the record, my husband was negative (as was I) so there was no way we could have produced a positive baby. I brought in a letter from his doc with his blood type on it and my doc didn't make me take the rhogam shot. Not all docs would do this becuase I am sure not all women are honest about the fathers!!! Since your babies are positive and you are negative (or so I assume) their father HAS to be positive. Again, if I assumed wrong, this is a mute point!

If you are rH negative, you should have received the rhogam shot with both pregnancies. It is absolutely vital to prevent antibody formation which can cause problems with future pregnancies and some difficulties getting blood. You may want to check with your OB.

Ok, if they gave you Rhogam the first time, I will take for granted you have a negative blood type. If you are positive, then they made a mistake the 1st time and you should not have gotton it. If you are negative and the baby comes out positive, you should have gotton it. No reason that you should not have. I am assuming they gave you the shot when you were preganant then in the hospital after the baby was born. If you did not get the one in the hospital and you are negative, the baby's type must have come back negative as well. In order to help you answer this, can you reply to a few questions?
1) Is your blood type negative for sure?
2) Are you sure of BOTH baby's blood types came back positive?
3) Did they give you the shot in your clinic then in the hospital both times?
If I know the answer to these questions, I can better help you.

I received the shot while I was pregnant. The doc told me when the baby was born, he and I would need to both get it.....once he arrived, they realized he nor I needed it due to the' baby's blood type. He was my one and only so that was the way my story went.....I think it all depends on how the blood types are...of course, the dad's genes play into all this so it isn't figured on just the mom's for the baby....I would definitely ask your OB/GYN to get a better answer.....my answer is over 19 yrs. old...

Perhaps the initial dose was enough; however, I would double check the 2nd child's blood type. I had the rhogam with my 1st child too but not my 2nd; however, my 2nd and I have different blood types whereas my 1st child and I have the same blood type only she doesn't, as far as we know anyhow, have the RH factor whereas I do or did. It's still confusing for me.

I've always been fortunate enough to have the best in OB/GYN care. Both my pregnancies were extremely high risk and I've had problems since making permanent choices to prevent having more children b/c I have lupus (SLE) and Sjogren's in the moderate to severe stages not to mention the medications I have to take each day being so dangerous if I were even to consider getting pregnant. We've had all the kids we plan to have. Besides, there's 10 years between our kids as it is now. I'm done. It's already as if we've raised 2 families with the age differences and then to start all over again with diapers, nursing, late nights, no sleep, etc... No. I was done. No more.