WHAT THE HECK!!!

After speaking to Sarah this morning I had a shocking moment. I hate to Blog about it because it is her story to tell but I have been doing research on it and it has made me sick and VERY angry.

When I became pregnant with Heather I with held the fact that I was pregnant not just from friends and family but from the doctors also. In my teenage stupidity I had not gone into the doctor until I was 7 months pregnant. Upon going in I found that not was I was already dilated but we also found out that I had a RH- blood type. Now most know what this means but for those who do not, it means that my body automatically makes anti bodies if it detects a different blood type. I have found contradicting information on the web as to weather this affects the current pregnancy, the next or both. Either way it is harmful to the baby and I was told that if I tested positive I would HAVE to take a Rhogam shot to counter the effects of the antibodies. We tested for the antibodies and found that I was negative for it. Several miscarriages later I got pregnant with Hunter and I was again tested for the built up anitbodies. This time the test came back positive and I was given the Rhogam shot DURING my preganancy. (I had been given the shot before but each time I had been given the shot it was after I had miscarried.)
At the time I do not recall being given ANY inforamtion on the shot nor did the doctor explain ANY possible side effects the shot may have.
Today I looked the the drug Rhogam in relation to Autism and the results are SICKENING! This is just a taste of what I have found so far.
"RhoGAM^® is a globulin shot that prevents the mother’s immune system from making antibodies that can harm her baby. However, the preservative thimerosal that was contained in RhoGAM^® was 50% mercury.

High levels of mercury can permanently damage the brain and kidneys, resulting in tremors, memory and vision problems. Mercury in a mother’s body can be passed to her fetus. One study suggests that mercury accumulates in umbilical cord blood at a level that is 1.7 times higher than that in the blood of the mother. Mercury–containing thimerosal can cross the placenta and migrate to the brain, organs and tissue of the developing fetus.

Infants and the developing fetus are particularly susceptible to the effects of mercury exposure. Babies who were exposed to mercury in the womb may develop brain damage, mental retardation, lack of coordination, blindness, seizures, and become unable to speak, according to the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

When RhoGAM^® was licensed in 1968, it contained thimerosal. In July 1999, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) agreed that thimerosal should be eliminated from vaccines and other products because mercury harms infants and children."
The lists of side effects is Astonishing! I have seen everything from Austism to ADHD to dyslexia! Anything to do with Nuerological developement.
In one article that I found a doctor did a study on the Autistic children in her office. Over 62% of them had recieved the Rhogam shot during pregnancy.
The thing that really scares me is the doctors knew about this. Studies had gone out and they have been warning women for years on the consumption of too much fish due to the amounts of Mercury contained in them.
The company also knew about this and that is why it is labeled THIMEROSAL not mercury.
I am digging up more information as I can. TO know that I unknowingly but willing gave mercury to my unborn baby scares me!