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http://www.medical-health-dictionary.com/encyclopedia/t/TORCH-Syndrome.asp

This is not an ABO incompatibility. It is an Rh antigen that you developed
an antibody to.

 I am told this means I have an Anti-C antibody

An antibody screen is performed as a part of all prenatal workups. When it
is positive for irregular antibodies then an antibody identification is done
and a titre is performed. It gives a number as to the strength of the
antibody. The strength is important and the number will dectate how the
pregnancy will be followed up with testing to check the health of the baby.
The titre is followed and if it gets too high then amniocentesis may be
performed to check for bilirubin levels of the fluid.

The baby had a test to check for the C antigen? If you have an anti-C then
the babies blood will contain anti-C. The anti-C will react with the babies
C antigen if the baby is positive for that antigen and lead to hemolytic
problems.

Not if followed properly. Anti-D is usually more of a problem as it tends to
yield higher titers.

Anti-C is dosage related. In your case your babies affected will be Cc and
not CC. They are at a lower dose because your babies will have less C in
their blood.

 I probably developed

I would ask your doctor to have your husband tested for big C and little c
antigens on his red cells. His blood is CC or Cc. Your blood is cc as you do
not have C.  If your husband is CC then all he can donate is C and all your
babies will be contain some C antigens. If he is Cc then only half of your
babies will be C positive and the other half will be C negative or cc babies
just like you and will not be affected what so ever with anti-C.
It helps with future care.

I would respect the presence of your antibody and would hope you keep track
in the future when dealing with operations or need for transufusions in the
future. I would make everyone aware of your antibody status as delays in
crossmatching is common.
Remember where you had the antibody identified for future reference.
Sometimes the antibody goes away in a few years but that does not mean you
should recieve random units. All blood recieved in the future must be C
negative units. The blood bank may not pick up the antibody if it goes away.
You may end up with a delayed transufusion reaction if you are given C
positive units in the future and that is not good for you or your kidneys
etc.

With future pregnancies your baby may end up with jaundice as the red cells
are destroyed and they can harm the baby if the bilirubin gets too high.
They monitor you throughout your pregnancy with titers and as I stated an
increasing titer would indicate your baby probably is C positive and
stimulating your antibody production and if it gets high enough they can
check amniotic fluid and do a bilirubin level on that as a stand in for your
baby and they can go from there.

 Is my baby's jaundice more serious because of the cause?

Obviously cause is important on how to treat but once the baby is out then
this cause is easily treated. The treatment is the same for all hemolytic
disease of the newborn  but if severe enough then an exchange transfusion
can be done to replace the babies blood with C negative blood to reduce the
jaundice when it is a high levels. This is rarely done.

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If your pregnancy was monitored then I wouldn't worry about it as it often
resembles any other ABO incompatibility.

Another poster has explained the medical consequences, but I thought
you might be interested in the biology and genetics.

The Rh system actually involves 3 genes.  The most important is D, and
we say someone is Rh+ if they express the D gene.  The other two genes
are c and e, and because the alternate alleles (C and E) are relatively
rare, you don't often hear about problems with them.

Your Rh phenotype is probably cDe, which is the most common worldwide.
Because you are c, you don't produce the C antigen.  Your baby is
probably CDe, having got the C allele from her father.  If your first
child was also C, you may have developed anti-C antibodies from her
blood mixing with yours during your first childbirth.  In this
childbirth, your baby was exposed to your blood, which contained the
anti-C antibodies, which attacked her blood cells and caused jaundice.

Basically the problem with you and your baby is the same as that of
a Rh- mother with an Rh+ baby, but it's due to "the next gene over"
instead of the more common D gene.  I would think that treatment and
prognosis would be about the same.  If your baby had good bilirubin
values within three days of birth, and didn't need a blood exchange
transfusion or other serious intervention, she probably had only a
fairly mild case -- i.e. you probably had a relatively low level of
anti-C antibody and very little was transferred to the baby.  However,
I have no medical qualifications, so you shouldn't take my word over
that of someone who does!

There is potential for more problems in your future pregnancies, so if
you want to have more children, you should discuss this with your doctor
well in advance.

I hope that when your baby next sees a doctor, that doctor will have more
time to explain the situation to you.  It can be hard to focus on what
you're hearing when you're very worried about your child, as you must have
been in the hospital.  

Best wishes for you and your family!