Hi,
My sister about 10 years ago had a termination.
She was warned by the clinic that she had an "uncommon blood group" and they told her that when she becomes pregnant in the future and ready to go the full term and indeed have the baby, she must tell the nurses about her termination.This is because of her uncommon blood group and they said she would definatly have to have a blood transfusion when giving birth.

Does anyone know what this is called please?

And how important is it to actually tell the hospital that she had a termination 10 years ago,would she really have to tell them??

She had her termination privatly so it is not on her medical records.


Would the hospital know she has had a termination if she decides not to tell them.

Could anyone please give me some information reguarding this,any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

it might have something to do with the rhesus (Rh) factor of your sisters blood. Most people are positive, but if she is negative, and the baby from her first pregnancy was positive then she likely developed antibodies due to that pregnancy. This does not seem to affect the first pregnancy, but does affect the second.

A potential problem with her second pregnancy could be Hemolytic disease of the newborn. My cousin had this problem with her second baby, and it is quite serious. luckily her little lad is now fine, but your sister needs to tell her doc about the previous pregnancy as she may need some injections..please read on below for more info from Wikipedia....

Best Regards
Siobhan
(aka nasty siobhan)

..................http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhe-sus_blood_group_system

Hemolytic disease of the newborn
This condition occurs when there is an incompatibility between the blood types of the mother and the baby.

hemolytic comes from two words: hemo (blood) and lysis (destruction) or breaking down of red blood cells
erythroblastosis refers to the making of immature red blood cells

When the condition is caused by the RhD antigen-antibody incompatibility, it is called RhD Hemolytic disease of the newborn (often called Rhesus disease or Rh disease for brevity). Here, sensitization to Rh D antigens (usually by feto-maternal transfusion during pregnancy) may lead to the production of maternal IgG anti-RhD antibodies which can pass through the placenta. This is of particular importance to RhD negative females of or below childbearing age, because any subsequent pregnancy may be affected by the Rhesus D hemolytic disease of the newborn if the baby is Rh D positive. The vast majority of Rh disease is preventable in modern antenatal care by injections of IgG anti-D antibodies (Rho(D) Immune Globulin).


The incidence of Rhesus disease is mathematically related to the frequency of RhD negative individuals in a population, so Rhesus disease is rare in East Asians and Africans, but more common in Caucasians.

If she is too ashamed to say she had a termination, she could say she had a miscarriage instead, same consequence with respect to antibodies. Main thing is she tells them that she was pregnant before, and gets those injections. The health or even life of your niece or nephew could depend on it!

Hi honey

I don't know what the name of the condition is. But I don't see any reason why the termination would affect her blood?

I would advise speaking to your/her GP and confirming the blood test, you could ask him/her if you will need to let the hospital know (remember that in the UK you can request to see a different GP to your usual one and everything will be kept confidential)

If you do need to tell the hopsital, they have a duty to keep it confidential as well. They will have seen so many people in their time that nothing will shock them.

Good luck and take care