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Mother baby blood type mismatch
Mother Baby Blood Type Mismatch, also known as ABO incompatibility, occurs when a pregnant mother has a different blood type than the developing baby. Exposure to the baby’s blood type, either from that pregnancy or a previous sibling, causes the mothers body to develop antibodies to the blood type. The condition is dangerous as antibodies can cross the placenta and cause anemia (blood cell destruction), jaundice, or fetal hydrops in the baby.
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What are the symptoms that develop if there is mother-baby blood type mismatch?
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A 27-year old female asked:
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The mother has typeO+ The father has type A+ can the child have type B+ blood?
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If my father o+ and my mother is ab- what is my blood type?
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Which blood type in the mother can only have children with type o father?
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