In: Anatomy and Physiology
Donna is a 35 year old female who is married and has a 5 year old daughter. Donna recently found out she was pregnant, but last week at 12 weeks she started to spot and went to see the doctor. At the doctors, Donna found out she was having a miscarriage and the doctors decided to look at her blood type and seemed very alarmed and asked her who her doctor was for her first child. Her blood type was A-. Here are some Leading Questions to think about:
Why was the first child okay?
What does blood type have to do with pregnancy and miscarriage?
Are antibodies involved?
What immune cells might be involved?
What do surface antigens have to do in this situation?
How can this be fixed, treated, and how does that process work?