Hey hun im rh- n ive had my shot allready...Its nothing really u get it close to 28 weeks n it gets injected to ur butt lol but it doesnt hurt it feels like a little pinch n doesnt take more then like 1 minute...Its really nothing I might have to get another after I have my son if he has a blood type....The shot is called rogam it just protects u and the baby pretty much...But everything is well n no problems...=-) sry if I wasnt much help hunnie... Ill ttyl

I also have the rh factor. Like loneytearz said it's just a shot......Make sure you get it otherwise it can cause problems for you, and if you conceive again, the baby.

You will get the shot at around 28 weeks(or if you have any complications or bleeding before), as well if your child has the fathers blood type after he/she is born in the hospital.

If i'm correct they give you a choice where they inject it, either near your hip or your stomach.

Good luck!

Michelle... They didnt give me a choice they said that they allways give it to u in ur bum becuz its the most fatty part of ur body n keeps the vacine in ur body longer...Idk I could but wrong but I know I had to get it in my bum...Lol very embarssing but its to keep my next child n this one safe...

i don't know why I said hip and stomach...I think I got distracted....
Lol....I had it in my bum too!
I was given the option of either my butt or my arm.....I was really distracted :lol:

i looked it up and it's injected mostly in a muscle...Sometimes in a vein.

Hey my blood type was a negative ( only 15% of white ppl have it). And husband's was o positive (very common). So at that I had to get the shots. I recieved the first one I think around 5 months and the other one the day before I left the hospital. They were both injected into my right hip right above my butt the shot liquid was cold so it kind of burns when it's being injected. The spot where it was put in was a little sore for a few days but nothing real painful.

i'm not sure if you know this, but I thought i'd tell you.... If you receive the second shot after you have your baby that tells you that your child has the fathers blood type. If the baby has the mothers blood type you don't get the shot after you deliver.

Thank you guys
next time I go to the doctor ill be around 28 weeks and thats when they're going to give it to me but my doctor said that it would be given in my arm. I was just wondering if this eliminates all the risks of my blood and her blood crossing paths?

Does every pregnant woman get tested for this rh factor? I've been hearing about all this stuff you have to get tested for and I haven't been to a doctor or anything yet. I'm getting more scared than I was already. Is this something I should worry about? And is it something that I can go without getting tested for? What other stuff do girls usually get tested for?

Ariella the rh factor is a blood type it is actually rh- when u go to the doctors they test ur blood to see wha blood type u are n if u are rh- u have to get a shot of rogam in your bum at appoximitly 28 weeks n then again after the baby is born if the baby has a - blood type

What happens if you don't get the shot? I don't know what my blood type is, but i've probably passed 28 weeks already and haven't seen a doctor or anything yet.

How come u havnt been to the doc. Yet??? U should really get to one u have allready missed soo many test n everything to make sure the baby is ok....The shot of rogam is to protect the baby from ne unwanted infections n things....How old are u hun?...U should really get to the doctors though...I dont mean to preach but im 17 n im now 37weeks6days today....I got lucky my baby is healthy I waited till I was 4 months to go to the doctor but for the sake of u and the baby u should go....

Nothing will happen with the first baby but if you have another one it is possible that your immune system with attack the baby making both of you very sick. What is your blood type the more common it is the less of a chance you'll have the rh factor.

I don't know my blood type and I haven't been to the doctor yet because I don't want anyone to know i'm pregnant. I'm about 5 or 6 months pregnant now and no one else knows. I can't afford to go to a doctor and I have no idea where the nearest planned parenthood clinic is. My parents can never know about this baby. I was planning to give birth on my own and then take the baby to a safe house or something. Do you think i'll be okay without the shots and stuff? And more importantly, will the baby be okay? Even though I can't keep it, I want it to be healthy for whatever family it happens to fall into.

Yes it will probably be okay. But sweetie do you realize that this is going to affect the rest of your life, carrying around this sercert? Do you have a health department around? You said that you can't afford medical care. There is such a program for pregnant women called maternity medicaid. It provides you cost free health care for your pregnancy and one year of health care for the baby once it is born. If there is a health department of clinic around they will have it. I don't want to scare you but stress the impotance of going to the doctor. There are some things that can go really go wrong like having preclamsia which is where the mother has high blood pressure from the baby and it causing her to have seizers when not detected early enough and can cause death in the fetus and mother. Again i'm not trying to scare you just letting you know the importance of regular prenantal checkups. Good luck..

I don't think there's any place like that around my town. It's so small that there's really nothing in it at all. The nearest medical facility is a hospital, but I can't go there because I don't have money. Plus, I would need parental consent and I can't let my parents know that i'm pregnant.

Hospital and clinics and places like that, are by law not able to contact parents about anything of this nature dealing with their child the only way the will get a hold of your parents is if you want them to. I live in a small town also so I went to another town that had a health department. But my boyfriend at the time was able to take me. I understand that this has to be extra hard for you.

How much does it cost to go to a hospital and how am I going to pay the bills without my parents knowing?

The maternity medicaid that I was talking about is free healthcare for you while you are pregnant. So there will be no hospital bills to pay. Do you think you will be able to handled childbirth by yourself? Honey it hurts and I had an epidural and it was still hard. My son was facing up , babies are supposed to be face down so I was having trouble. Finally the doctor had to use forcepts to get him out. What if something like that happens with you? I am by no means trying to tell you what to do because that is your choice. Where do you live? You can pm me on her and I will get some information to you about the laws in your state.

I know it's going to hurt. But I deserve it, i'm sure. I don't know where or when or how, but i'm going to have to deliver this baby by myself. I know people have done it before. If you find out about the laws in my state though, let me know. Maybe I can at least go to a shelter somewhere to give birth. I honestly don't know where i'm going to have this baby, but I don't really have to worry about that for 3 or 4 more months, so i'm okay right now. I don't think the baby's going to be too big either. That should help, right?