Modern antenatal care ensures that mothers are screened for their Rh factor as part of their initial prenatal screening to avoid any complications. (Unsplash/Zach Lucero) Ever wondered what it means ...

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO There are different blood types: A, B, AB, and O, with each also being Rh-positive or Rh-negative.Knowing your blood type is important for safe blood ...

The mysterious Rh factor-in human blood had disturbed the serenity of many a mother-to-be. For if a wife’s blood were Rh negative and a husband’s Rh positive, their child might be stillborn, or born ...

At your first prenatal visit, your practitioner will check your blood to see whether it is type O, A, B, or AB, and whether it is Rh-negative. Like your blood type, you inherit your Rhesus (Rh) factor ...

The doctor may also recommend a dose of this vaccine for the pregnant woman if she miscarries or experiences any kind of bleeding during pregnancy. Put simply: the RH factor is an inherited protein ...

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Going through multiple miscarriages can be incredibly difficult, especially when you don’t know why they happen or whether your next pregnancy will be successful. Of all pregnancies, 10–25 percent of ...

A Word of Caution: This calculator should NOT be used for Paternity testing. Sometimes blood grouping inheritance can be flawed due to mutations and give false conclusions and for these reasons we ...

Ever wondered why some people's blood groups are positive and others negative? It’s all got to do with the Rh factor on your blood cells. Rh factor, or the Rhesus factor, is an antigen. You may or may ...