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Please explain why is it important for an ob-gyn to know the blood type of the father?
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Blood Types Matter: Depending on the blood type of the mother and father, the child may be at risk of blood group incompatibility. Knowing this in advance allows the doctors to prevent this potentially life threatening condition by giving certain medications at different stages of pregnancy.
Answered 12/11/2016
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Depends: on the blood type of the mother, certain blood types in the baby (determined by mother and father's blood types) can cause life threatening reaction to the baby or future pregnancies.
Answered 7/13/2014
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