Rh neg and birthing at home/what'd you do

[dana in mo]

I'm Rh - my husband is pos. we are trying to find out what we can do to make sure that I get a shot if the baby is positive. What have you done?
Thanks for the help, this is our first together, and our first homebirth!
Dana

[muse]

Hi there. I had my son at home and am Rh negative. The midwives took cord blood and tested DS. They also had a supply of Rhogam to give me but turned out I went into the hospital after the birth (for stitches) and from what I remember they gave me the shot there. So, ask your midwives, maybe they can do it for you. i think you have 24 hrs?

One thing I would say though is find out how/when they get the cord blood. Turned out my mw's cut the cord almost imediately after DS was born(leading to a whole load of complications), and the only reason I can think they did that was to get the cord blood. Other midwives have told me they use a syringe to get the blood, or take it from the placenta.

[TwinMom]

My midwife tested cord blood, but she waited for it to stop pulsing before cutting (she also got my permission first). She came back at 2 days to give me the rhogam shot. I believe you have 72 hours to do the shot.

If you're having an unassisted birth I don't know what you do!

[Mama Bee]

My midwife said 48 hours. I'm going to get a shot w/in 48 hours of the birth if there is excessive bleeding, trauma, etc. From what I understand, there's no HUGE hurry and there's no reason to have one unless one or both of you bleed heavily.

[plantmommy]

My m/w (who got here 15 mins. after the birth) waited until the cord had stopped pulsing and placenta was delivered to take blood with a syringe from the cord... babe is AB+ like daddy (I'm O-) and she gave us a scrip to have filled for the rhogam, which she was going to come and administer at the 3-day check-up, but we decided against it, since we don't plan on having any more children, and as this would be my first possible sensitization anyway, and birth and stage 3 were completely trauma free and physiological, even if I were to get pregnant again, chances are very slim that there would be any risks. There simply was no reason to believe that any sensitization would have occured.

I can also always go get a blood test, if I need to know for certain. I didn't want to risk the shot and all its nasty ingredients while breastfeeding.

[dana in mo]

rh help

Thanks for the advice. Our mw says she can't get a script, or take the blood to a lab. She is a lay mw and our state has laws that don't allow them to practice. So we are reporting it as a UC. But we do appreciate your help
Thanks
Dana