The problem only arises when your baby is RH-positive, and you are RH-negative. It is called RH incompatibility, and it can easily cause complications that will affect you and your baby.

If a woman with Rh-negative blood bears a baby fathered by an Rh-positive man, there is a grave risk that she will become sensitized to the Rh factor in her baby's blood and begin to produce ...

Clinics that serve autistic children report 62 percent of their patients were born to RH negative moms who received RhoGam. I wish more reporters would cover this.

This scenario can occur when an Rh-negative donor who has been previously sensitized (usually during pregnancy or due to transfusion of Rh-positive blood) is matched with an Rh-positive recipient.

AB negative is the rarest blood type to have, but that’s not a bad thing. Dear Dr. Roach: Why do commercials for diabetes show most people who need medication as overweight? — R.J. Dear R.J.: ...

Induced abortion during the first trimester did not increase risk for Rh sensitization, which suggests that Rh testing and treatment in pregnancy is unnecessary before 12 weeks gestation ...

The problem only arises when your baby is RH-positive, and you are RH-negative. It is called RH incompatibility, and it can easily cause complications that will affect you and your baby.