A male asked:
o negative and a positive what what could baby have o positive what blood type can baby have
3 doctor answers
Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
If : If you are asking if one parent has o negative and one parent has a positive blood; then the response follows. The simple part of this answer involves the ABO blood type. If the parents have type a, type b, or type o blood, the baby can have type o blood. The next part of the answer, which is referring to the rh factor is a little bit more complicated. The rh factor is on the surface of red blood cells. Rh positive (+) is dominant over rh negative (-). About 85% of people in the United States are rh positive. The parent who has o negative blood is (--) since rh negative is recessive. The parent with a positive blood could be (++) or (-+) since rh positive is dominant. If the baby gets an rh positive from one parent and an rh negative from the other parent, than the baby will be rh positive. If the baby gets an rh negative from each parent than the baby would be rh negative. It is extremely important to have blood types tested because when the mother is rh negative and the father is rh positive there can be complications.
The short answer is: the baby could be either o positive or o negative.
Answered on Oct 3, 2016
Dr. Steven Guyton answered
46 years experience Thoracic Surgery
The : The baby could be o+, o-, a+, or a-. All of these would be possible. The parent with o negative blood has two genes for type o blood (o/o). The parent with type a blood could be a/a or a/o. If the a parent is a/a then the baby will have type a blood (a/o). If the a parent id a/o, then it's 50/50 between type a and type o. See dr. Fowler's answer for the explanation about the rh factor (+ or -).
Answered on Oct 3, 2016
Dr. Richard Pollard answered
30 years experience Anesthesiology
See below: If one parent is o+, and one is o-, the baby is definitely going to be type o. It might be + or - depending on the genetic mix during conception.
Answered on Apr 24, 2015
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Dr. Azen Jukic answered
28 years experience Pathology
Rh : Rh antigens are present in every blood. You would need to be more specific. Also, they blood type (a, b, ab, 0) is not connected/related to the rh + o ... Read More
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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
44 years experience Pathology
No: I wish all questions were as easy to answer. Congratulations on finding love and having the hope of starting a family.
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Dr. James Ferguson answered
46 years experience Pediatrics
Depends: Neither parent determines the blood type of the baby. The baby could have the same as one of the parents or a third, depending on the types involved. ... Read More
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Dr. Katharine Garnier answered
33 years experience Family Medicine
Not a concern: Blood type has no impact on terminating a pregnancy, but with o neg blood type she should get a Rhogam shot if she chooses to terminate. Termination, ... Read More
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