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  dear all,.

  i am a final year student midwife, and i would like some information on your views about the administration of anti-d or not in pregnancy and the postnantal period.

  i work in a large hospital and have recently cared for a woman giving birth who was a jehovahs witness.

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  sadie

  Dear all,
  I am a final year student midwife, and I would like some information on your views about the administration of anti-D or not in pregnancy and the postnantal period. I work in a large hospital and have recently cared for a woman giving birth who was a Jehovahs Witness. It was a lovely birth and the family were wonderful, but I did not understand why she refused anti-D postnatally. Since then I have done a literature search, and found from studies that 90% of women who are Rh. negative with a Rh. positive baby do not need anti-D. Obviously many women do not realise anti-D is a blood product as it comes in a syringe and is yellow in colour as opposed to being red and labelled blood. I would love some imput from you to help educate me!
  Thank-you, and look forward to your replies,
  Sadie.