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During pregnancy, a semi-allograftic foetus is allowed to grow without being rejected by the maternal immune system. However, the maternal immune system still undergoes some changes due to the foetus and placenta. Unexplained haemolytic anaemia associated with pregnancy is a rare condition and very little is known about this condition in the existing literature. These cases are distinguished from the other instances of unexplained anaemia in which haemolytic anaemia begins in the pregnancy but resolves shortly after the pregnancy (Kumar et al. 2001). Just over 20 such cases have been reported in the existing literature. Here, we report the case of a woman who had haemolytic anaemia associated with a pregnancy combined with a severe gestational thrombocytopenia. We believe that this is the first case to be characterised and reported involving an unexplained haemolytic anaemia associated with a pregnancy and severe gestational thrombocytopenia.