Do you know your blood group?

Wouldn't your blood group be noted on your records when you have blood tests? Mind you, if you're quite young you won't be blighted with high blood pressure yet and having to have annual blood tests.

I have had this problem for years. GP wants £20 to test me, really!! They say that you don’t need to know it, I said well what if I had an accident, they said Paramedics and ER will give blood that’s ok until they can cross match, which they will do even if you know it! So I still don’t know it! ??

I'm A negative and my husband is A Positive. All my babies are A positive so had to have an injection at birth to prevent jaundice. The first baby was a bit jaundiced It didn't cause a problem, but I believe it can.

A negative. Extra injections when my babies were born

I'm O Positive. When my daughter was 6 I didn't know what her blood group was and thought I should know in case of emergencies. When I asked our gp he refused to tell me.
Never did work out why. Is it in case i was trying to check who
her dad was? Not the case, I definitly knew!

I'm o negative, the universal donor. I used to donate regularly but after 2 blood transfusions and cancer they don't want it any more.

Interesting thread, as husband and I were discussing this earlier today, because of an article published suggesting different blood types had more or less resistance to covid.
Neither of us have any idea which group we are. It is also interesting the mixed responses in here, in that some people seem to have been routinely informed, yet others meet with resistance if they ask their GP for this information. Surely we are entitled to know, this information is after all, personal to us?

The important thing is, of course, that the details are on our medical records, which they are, and can be quickly called up. I don’t think any medical professional would rely on what we know, or think we know - we could so easily get it wrong!

The only reason I know my blood group is that I happen to be a regular blood donor. I'm B+ which doesn't always match my personality. It seems that way back I had ancestors from Asia. My blood goes to help patients with Sickle Cell problems among many others.

I am A negative with Anti C + D. I carry a card. I got my anti bodies when pregnant as my sons are A positive. If I have a transfusion that blood must be irradiated, which means my white blood cells wont attack it. I carry a card for this too. It is all very interesting. I do think there should be a system whereby these details can be reached quickly if needed.

I know mine because I donate: O+. Partner doesn't know and can't donate - Type 1 diabetic. My kids were typed at birth, both O+ too - as was their father. Does seem a bit odd that we aren't routinely typed.

I was told my blood group, which is O Negative, when I was pregnant (51 years ago). Because of this, my husband's blood group had to be researched, and he was O Positive, which was very relevant at the time. Fortunately, I had 2 healthy daughters without them being compromised by the Negative/Positive issue. However, sadly, I had a problem with my third pregnancy (a boy) who was still born when I was 7 months pregnant. I still don't know if the Negative/Positive issue was the problem.

I always assumed that information on one's blood group would save time in emergencies. Mine is O rhesus negative. This mattered when my second child was born with jaundice and had to stay in hospital for a week.

Elegran

Checking takes time. If you need an emergency transfusion, speed could be vital. It is something worth knowing - if you have an allergy you probably carry a card to say so, and being Rhesus negative is similar as having an allergy to Rhesus positive blood.

As for Redhead not being told the blood groups of her children - why ever not? She would have been told if they had allergies.

In a real emergency you get plasma. There is far more to blood groups to be known before you get an actual transfusion so knowing you are o+ or whatever doesn't actually speed things up, especially if you have recently had a transfusion.

O yes, I know mine is O

Yes I know my blood group from my maternity records.
If someone is having a haemorrhage they can give group O Rh negative to all other groups as its the universal donor

I'm RH + A. I've known since I was a teenager. I think we should be tested at birth or very soon after. It's one of those things that I feel is important to know in case of accident, or if someone needs blood in an emergency and you know your blood group then you could maybe help!
I also think our fingerprints, footprints and ear prints should be kept on file along with DNA for future help if a child goes missing etc.

Yes I do. Rho positive.
I found out aged 18 when I went to be a blood donor for the first & last time.
I had no idea I was needle phobic & passed out cold as soon as I saw the needle. They did not take the blood & suggested I wasn't really up to it & I should not bother again I never did!
Still cannot look at needles but know to look away now

I am AB+ and know as I was a blood donor but stopped when I was 71. There is less demand for blood now as many surgeries are performed in a less invasive way so fewer transfusions.

I am A positive. My husband is AB negative. Our two daughters are A negative and had to have an injection after most of their pregnancies.

I'm AB positive but never had any problems giving blood. I found out during A Level biology - finger prick tests and thought I had done something wrong because I was the only one!

Hetty58

Yes, I've known since my first pregnancy. I'm O positive, so was my husband, therefore all the children are. It's a good one to be, health wise, too.

Hetty, according to the chart I just posted you could have an O Neg child, so unless they've been tested you wouldn't know.

Yes, I've known since my first pregnancy. I'm O positive, so was my husband, therefore all the children are. It's a good one to be, health wise, too.

All women are tested for blood group when they attend ante natal clinics.
I am A+

I’ve always known that I’m B neg - my mother was told when I was born. I asked each time after the birth what our DC were and was told straightaway. With my third the doctor asked me what the first two were - when I said A neg and B neg he quipped that this one must be C then. He was O pos.