My daughter is around three months pregnant and was told that she is o positive with antibodies but nobody will tell her what this means to her or to the baby, just that it could affect the baby. Does anyone know what this means? Thank You:confused:

O positive is her blood type. It's the most common blood type.

She can ask which antibody she has; it will be in her chart, and there is no reason the doctor should not give her that information. But it has to be given directly to her, since she's the patient. They're not allowed to give it to you. If you find out the name of the antibody, you can research it, find out how common it is, and how likely it would be that the baby would have the corresponding antigen.

Typically, having an antibody means that if she needs a blood transfusion, they will have to make sure the blood they give her does not have the corresponding antigen. It shouldn't be dangerous to *her* to have an antibody, as long as they know she has it, and they will give her blood that she won't react to, should she need a transfusion.

Hopefully she will not need a transfusion. I don't think you need to be worried about this.

The one question I would want to ask the doctor is what if the baby's blood has the antigen that corresponds to your daughter's antibody-- how could that affect the baby's health? The baby might have to be monitored carefully during the pregnancy and following the birth. I don't know how it could affect the pregnancy. I'm not sure if they can find out whether the baby has the corresponding antigen while he/she is still in-utero.

Sorry I don't know more; good luck to you and your daughter!