Pregnancy & blood.
Blood groups in pregnancy, Rh, and donation timing for mothers.
6 guides
Blood for maternal emergencies: delivery, haemorrhage and
Childbirth bleeding is the world's leading cause of maternal death, and the most preventable with blood ready in advance. What families of expecting
Blood groups in pregnancy, ABO, testing and transfusions
Why every pregnancy starts with a blood group test, what ABO incompatibility means (and why it's milder than Rh), and when transfusion happens during
Can blood transfusions transmit disease? The testing
Every unit in India is tested for HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis and malaria. How testing works, the real residual risk, and why voluntary donors are
Massive transfusion and trauma, when a body needs blood at
What massive transfusion protocols are, how blood loss staggers the body, why O− units and balanced component packs exist, and where registers fit into
Rh incompatibility in pregnancy, anti-D and why it matters
When an Rh− mother carries an Rh+ baby: sensitisation, haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn, and how anti-D injections prevent it. Plain language.
Transfusion reactions, what can happen, and how staff watch
The kinds of transfusion reactions (fever, allergic, haemolytic, delayed) why most are mild and manageable, and how the system catches the rare serious