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I was just doing some reading, and have seen this referred to in several places as a fairly standard antenatal check.
I am 39 weeks with my second (one through the private system, one public) and haven't had it, or been offered it, with either pregnancy. Is this test routine? Or only for certain populations? I'm nor worried, just curious. |
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Never had it. But I was an elective c/s so it wasn't really relevant.
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I assume that it's routine for a vaginal delivery. The public hospital in which I gave birth tested for group b step at 36 to 37 weeks gestation.
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It's routine at my hospital(public). Had it done with DD and had it done again this pregnancy at my 35 week check up.
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Routine in certain areas for vaginal delivery. I had the test because I had DS1 at a birthing centre.. meaning if I was positive there may be a need for antibiotics as a precaution. Which they didn't give in that birthing centre. So I would've gone elsewhere to give birth had my results been different. DS2 didn't have a chance he came early and I had him at the maternity ward but I was not flagged for it there.
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Yeah I had mine done about 37 weeks.
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Routine for us.
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Routine. I had it and had antibiotics for it.
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Routine for me in Oz and also this time in Singapore. We did have some discussions in the Facebook group recently as some of us had swabs taken from both orifices (me included) while others just had it taken from the vagina (which is what they did with me in Oz).
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3 babies, 2 different hospitals. Never had the test. Never heard of it until EB.
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