Rhesus-Negative and Gestation

Can an expectant mother's immune system attack her fetus? It is said that there is a potential risk if the mother's blood has a protein that her fetus does not.

Most people (85%) have a protein in their blood called rhesus-negative (Rh D-). When a person lacks this protein (Rh D-) and it (the protein) happens to enter their blood stream, the body will innately build antibodies against it and the immune system will attack.

Typically an expectant Rh D- mother is administered an injection at the 28^th week of pregnancy and within 72 hours of birth of a rhesus-positive birth, to prevent her antibodies attacking a future pregnancy resulting in a miscarriage. This RhoGam shot, also referred to as the Anti-D vaccine, is just that, a vaccine. It is designed to outwit the body’s natural reaction to the detection of this protein in the blood stream.

If an expectant mother’s blood mixes with her fetus it usually does so during or close to birth, unless there is a rare trauma or incident that may promote blood transfuses between the mother and child. Now, if a mother experiences a trauma and the blood of fetus mixes with hers prior to the birth her body could theoretically assault the current pregnancy. Remember, this only happens if the mother has negative blood (15% of women), the fetus has positive blood, and somehow the blood mixes.

Although, my husband and I were thorough in our research about the decisions we make regarding our health care, we regretfully did not research the RhoGam inoculation. I received these injections subjecting our unborn child to massive amounts of thimerosal while her brain and nervous system was developing in utero. We will never know whether or not this assault caused her autism, however we acknowledge that it most certainly contributed to the condition.

I hear individuals and organization protesting against childhood vaccinations, but I wonder why no one is talking about the vaccine that is directly injected into the expectant mother. I often wonder if that is why we saw symptoms of autism soon after birth, instead of the highly reported loss of developmental milestones during the toddler years.

At the 2000 International Public Conference of the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) F. Edward Yazbak, MD, pediatrician and school physician in North Smithfield, Rhode Island (Dr. Yazbak also assisted his local board of health and CDC in conducting “mass vaccination campaigns”) spoke out about a revelation he uncovered while researching children of vaccinated mothers. He found that 85 percent of mothers who received the RhoGam shot during pregnancy had children with autism. 85%!

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of educating yourself before you make any decision- especially when it has a direct effect on your health or the health of your child. Often I see my friends and family going to the person in a white lab coat and taking their word as gold. I cannot go back in time and see if that is what caused our daughter’s condition of autism, but I can be proactive now and educate others to make a conscious choice instead of mindlessly obeying this authority.