slo’s WEDNESDAY 4/19 poll - Blood Type

[prairie_girl]

0- so I’m part of the 7%

Due to my disease, I am not allowed to donate blood. Meaning, it would not be accepted. I can donate organs, though. Go figure that out lol

 

[disneychrista]

My mom once told me I was O- but I’m not sure how she knows this. I have never needed my blood typed.

You’d think this would be done at birth and part of some official record.

 

[WEDcryoHEAD]

My mom once told me I was O- but I’m not sure how she knows this. I have never needed my blood typed.

You’d think this would be done at birth and part of some official record.

Not sure if you have any fears regarding blood donation but if you do not, I encourage you to research local blood drives in your area. Type O- is always needed as its the universal donor. They will type you before you donate. Giving blood is very simple and relatively painless. They will encourage you to donate double red blood cells if you're indeed O- . This is also no big deal. They take one pint of whole blood (plasma and red cells) then take an additional pint, spin the red blood cells out of the plasma and then return that pint of plasma back into your body. I think I have described that correctly. Sounds worse than it is.

 

[soccerdad72]

I don't know my blood type. I donated once, and I'm sure they told me then, but I forgot.

 

[amylevan]

I am Rh-, which I know from having children, but otherwise I don’t know my blood type.

 

[1420Elexismc]

I feel like I knew mine at one point, but have forgotten what it was now

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

0- Lucky me!

Me too, O-

 

[mumto3girls]

I am O-. DH is O+. I had the shots halfway through my pregnancies and then with one or two of the girls after I gave birth. I used to donate blood a lot. I worked for a company that would give us an extra 1/2 day of vacation each time we donated.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

O- I used to give blood all the time, but have not been able to for many years because I have chronic anemia.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Pretty sure I'm A+. I used to donate about once a year. I also did apheresis two times for a friend of ours who was dealing with cancer. At some point, maybe 25 years ago, they said I should not donate anymore. I forget the reason, but haven't donated since.

 

[MGMmjl]

I'm B+ according to my donor card.

 

[Schneewittchen37]

I'm O+. I got tested when I was pregnant with the kids. DH and the kids are B+ which caused some minor complications when they were newborns. Jaundice city. But everything worked out in the end.

 

[KPeterso]

I am A+. My Dad is also A+. My Mom is A-. So knew I would be A, but they tested me right at birth to determine if my Mom would need the rhogam shot. So I have known my whole life.

 

[Moliphino]

On a related note, donating blood saved my dad's life. He was walking through the hospital on his way to donate blood when he had his cardiac arrest, which meant he got immediate treatment. Anywhere else and he probably wouldn't have made it.

 

[Jangles]

O- too. We may only be 7% of the population, but if this thread is anything to go by, we are more than 7% of Dis people.

 

[WEDcryoHEAD]

Maybe O- is a Disney factor.

 

[georgina]

I’m O+, DH is A+, two of our kids are A-, which until that point I didn’t realize was a possibility.

 

[debknight]

I’m O+
DD - O-
DD - B +
Spouse - clueless
Father - AB- very rare
Mother - I believe O+
Sister - O-
We are all over the place - would love someone who understands how this works to explain how this came about - I know we covered this in school but that was a hundred years ago

https://www.thetech.org/ask-a-genet...st cases, an O,these rules are extremely rare.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

https://www.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/articles/2017/why-do-type-ab-and-o-parents-have-children-who-are-type-a-or-b/#:~:text=In most cases, an O,these rules are extremely rare.

Oh THANK YOU !
You just solved a 40 year mystery for me !! By process of elimination I found the only possible blood type DH can have that fit me & DDs ! mystery solved now to work on my father because I was always told he had AB blood but per the chart no way as mother had O both my sister and me have O and I highly doubt we are exceptions just my father trying to be special he was more than likely just like the rest of the family O for ordinary
Thank You !!!

 

[PollyannaMom]

I don't know mine. I asked my doc once just out of curiosity, but she said it wouldn't be in my file unless I'd had a resent surgery. I do have a CBC at every yearly physical because I have a low platelet count, but typing isn't part of that test. (I can't donate blood for the same reason, but thanks to all who do!!)