Do you know your blood group?

Yes, I have known my blood group since I was pregnant and I'm B Positive (easy to remember!).
I'm not sure why you feel it is so important for you to know, though.
Your blood group will be on record if you have had children or have been in hospital for any reason. If this is you then maybe just ask to see your records.
Your GP shouldn't be taking bloods unless for health reasons.

I was a blood donor my blood type is RH neg group A. When I had my children I asked their blood group and wasn’t told. I think it’s every bodies right to know too.

My babies’ blood groups were recorded on the little plastic identity bracelet they put on at birth in hospital. One the same as me, two the same as my husband. Perhaps they don’t do it now because of confidentiality?

Bet the bracelets aren’t pink and blue either?

Yes, I've known since 1960. It's O positive ( universal one )
D in Oz is A negative like her dad was.

I'm O positive, found out when I was pregnant, 42 years ago. It was recorded in the ante natal record I took to appointments.

Yep, I have a little yellow card that I was given when I was pregnant with my first son 45 years ago.

Yes I was told mine when I was pregnant O Negative! Since then I gave blood for as long as I could.
My DH doesn't know his though.

It really doesn’t matter - why would it?

I am A positive. I found out many years ago when I donated blood regularly.

Yes, I know mine, but I’m a blood donor. Don’t know if I would know otherwise.

I do know both my children are Positive though as I had to have an injection after each of them.

Suzie it matters if you are Negative. If you are given Positive blood it produces antibodies. I carry a card at all times.

Yes O positive known since I entered Malaysia to live in 1965 you had to carry an identity card with it on

Here you are - now you can stop fretting ?

www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/operations-tests-and-procedures/how-can-i-find-out-my-blood-type-blood-group/

dragonfly46

Suzie it matters if you are Negative. If you are given Positive blood it produces antibodies. I carry a card at all times.

No one will give you blood without checking

I'm AB+. I'm a universal recipient, but hardly anybody else can have my blood, which is why the Blood Transfusion Service won't even take AB+ blood from females they can't even use my plasma in case it was contaminated when I was pregnant.

Apparently in a life threatening situation they give O negative.

suziewoozie

It really doesn’t matter - why would it?

I think it does matter. If you're Rh Negative you should be given plasma if you need an emergency blood transfusion (if you've been in an accident, say). At least, that's what it says on the card I've carried round with my driver's licence for the last 40+ years. I'm A Rh negative.

It was also needed to be known when you were pregnant because:

www.nct.org.uk/pregnancy/tests-scans-and-antenatal-checks/rhesus-negative-blood-and-pregnancy-what-you-need-know

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.

suziewoozie

dragonfly46

Suzie it matters if you are Negative. If you are given Positive blood it produces antibodies. I carry a card at all times.

No one will give you blood without checking

Hmm. You're bleeding to death after a car accident? Time to check your blood group?

I don't know, to be honest. Perhaps someone with more medical knowledge than me can say. Is there a rapid test available?

It really doesn’t add up that we need to know - if we’re brought in unconscious in an emergency needing blood surely they have protocols?

A+. Don't know when I found out. I've known for years now.

I'm the Universal 0 positive. My card is in the back of my purse, along with other Essentials - Credit cards, Store cards etc - and now the NHS Covid vaccine card.
@ Suzie, see upthread, where peeps have given explanations

Here’s what happens

www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(17)30051-0/fulltext

How on earth could a system rely on a card in the back of a wallet in a handbag left behind in the crashed car or on a patients recollection of their blood type on admission ? If it really mattered we’d all have it tattooed on our foreheads ?