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Starting with this initial third-trimester visit, your visits to the doctor may start to step up to twice monthly. Women who are Rh negative will need treatment with Rh immune globulin (RhoGAM) this month. An injection is typically given at about twenty-eight weeks to protect the fetus from developing hemolytic disease — a condition in which the mother's antibodies attack the fetal red blood cells.

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