Non-invasive prenatal blood typing in Canada?

[is it puppies?]

Hi
I am O- and my husband is A+ and I am not so into taking the Rhogam or whatever it's called in Canada. I have read that they can blood type the baby by taking my blood- but I have only found a lab in New York that does this. Are there any Canadians who have had this done or knows where/how to go about doing it? I have my first OB appointment in 2 weeks (I am now 8 weeks).
Thanks!
(crossposted in pregnancy and birth)

[Wittyone]

If you're wanting to type baby ahead of birth I'm not familiar with that, but postpartum it's easy and non-invasive to collect cord blood to check the baby's blood type. As for Rhogam - the 28 week Rhogam is routine in N America but in many European countries it is given only postpartum if needed (based on baby's typing). The chances of becoming sensitized in the third trimester w/o invasive procedures or abdominal trauma are quite low to start with, though of course lowered even further by the 28 week shot.

[Tizzy]

Your Dr. or midwife can arrange to have this done, although the Rhogam shots are much less risky than how the blood typing is done.

[nashvillemidwife]

There's nothing risky about the test. It's a maternal blood test.

[is it puppies?]

http://www.lenetix.com/html/rhd___sry_genotyping.html

That's the one site I have found where they will do the fetal blood typing from the mother's blood, but I would be so surprised if nobody else does it, it's been around for a few years now. I am still looking for another resource where I can get it done from. Anybody have one? In Canada, that is.

[nashvillemidwife]

I'm not surprised. There's a patent on the test. Until the patent runs out, any company that wants to provide the testing is either going to have to fork over a giant sum of money to use the patent or is going to have to re-invent the process themselves. I believe the initial registration period for a patent is 14 years.