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Sounds to me like you should only be concerned with the fact that you might be needing 2 exchange transfusions and a bleeding mom to occur at the same time. Busy, but not unmanageable. Maybe make sure you have blood and plasma per your SOP for the exchange in house, and plenty of A pos for mom. Good luck!

I think I can make the Sebra one work for my needs. Thanks again!

I would most strongly advise you to send a sample, possibly even multiple samples throughout the pregnancy, to a Reference Laboratory. As the patient is pregnant, there is the possibility that the Jk(a) antigen you are detecting is actually being expressed on the red cells of the foetus, and you are detecting it as a result of a foeto-maternal haemorrhage. However, the Jk(a) antigen is not necessarily straight forward, as there are weakened forms of the antigen (and the Jk(b) antigen come to that) where there are amino acid substitutions remote from the site usually associated with the Jk(a) and Jk(b) antigens (280 of the mature protein). In addition though, you have, obviously, to consider the health of the unborn baby who, even if the antibody does turn out to be a maternal auto-anti-Jka, may cause haemolytic disease of the foetus and newborn, albeit this will usually be be very mild. I attach a PowerPoint which may, or may not help you in your decision to send a sample to your local Reference Laboratory (also tell them the ethnicity of the patient). Interesting case - please keep us informed. In Depth Lecture on The Kidd Blood Group System.pptx