Further implications- (if you choose to have children and assuming that your wife has a rhesus negative {for example, 0 negative} blood group), include the possibility that the baby will have a positive blood group. If this happens, and the mother is not given appropriate Anti-D immunoglobulin, then there is a risk that the mother will have made rhesus antibodies. These antibodies do not affect the present pregnancy, but if your wife becomes pregnant again, these antibodies will 'attack' the zygote/embryo/fetus- usually resulting in a non viable pregnancy (miscarriage). So essentially, the different blood groups will not affect the health of you or your wife- it could only potentially affect the viability of future pregnancies.... Hope this helps!
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