Rh-positive
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A reaction there indicates you are Rh-positive; if nothing happens, you’re Rh-negative.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2020
If the mother has a second Rh-positive child, IgG antibodies against Rh-positive blood mounted during this secondary response cross the placenta and attack the fetal blood, causing anemia.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
An Rh-negative female can usually carry an Rh-positive fetus to term without difficulty.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
Most doctors and hospitals routinely use this vaccine on Rh-negative women following the birth of Rh-positive babies.
From Time Magazine Archive
In such cases, the Rh-negative mother develops an immunity to future Rh-positive babies and may send enough damaging antibodies into the developing child's bloodstream to cause stillbirth, brain damage or a miscarriage.
From Time Magazine Archive
