Can Same Blood Group In Couple Cause Any Complication In Pregnancy?

Posted on Mon, 22 Sep 2014

Question: Hi Doctor,
I am 24yrs old and got married 5months ago. Me and my husband planning for a child. We both have same blood group B +ve. Is there any problem to get pregnancy as we are in relationship regularly.

Answered by Dr. Saumya Mittal (6 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
No Problems

Detailed Answer:
Hi there
I am Dr Mittal

I am a bit unclear about the nature of the query
Are you trying to ask about the complications in pregnancy related to the blood groups? I am going to answer this as your query.

No, same blood groups is not a problem. In fact that is probably the safest combination of blood groups to have.
The problem arises when the mother is a different blood group as the father (as per the Rhesus system) and the baby has the father's blood group. The mother's body than attacks the fetus.

In your case, both are B+. So there is no chance of a mismatch.
So there is no discrepancy. Your child will be B+ as well.
So mother's blood will accept the child's blood group.

I hope that answers you
Best of luck

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar