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Subject: Re: Can I kill 'em? Can I? Huh? Huh?
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Hear ye, hear ye! Joe Thompson spake at alt.sysadmin.recovery:
>> This can cause problems in the case of an Rh negative mother and Rh
>> postive child. During childbirth, a certain amount of positive blood
>> will mix with the mother's blood. Mother makes antibodies. Mother gets
>> pregnant again. Second child dies due to antibodies.
>IIRC, there is some sort of treatment for this.  I'm not sure what it
>involves though. -- Joe

Immunoglobulins (antibodies) against the baby's blood, so that the mother
doesn't make any antibodies since there are some already there.