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Strep B positive, What does this mean for me and baby?

Furfeathersfleec... Furfeathersfleece View Member Profile	29/03/2012, 01:08 PM Post #1
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I am almost 38 weeks pregnant and just got a call from ostetrician's office to say that I am positive for sprep b. All I know this means that I need to have antibiotics during labour. I have a few questions: - How are the antibiotics administered? - If I need a canular for them, does this mean ill need to be hooked up to the machine the whole time? I want an active labour and hate the thought of being on the iv machine. - What is the risk to the baby if I do get the antibiotics? - Is there any good reason to refuse the antibiotics? Any other info would be great. Thanks

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suline View Member Profile	29/03/2012, 03:18 PM Post #2
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OP also check with your OB what he considers adequate cover. How many doses would he like you to have before the baby is born, how soon prior to birth etc. Some places, if you don't have adequate cover before the baby is born, or meet certain other risk factors, recommend screening your baby following birth, and administering antibiotics (by iv cannula or injection) to your baby, and wait for the blood results to show if the group b strep has been transmitted or not. (usually 48hrs) Your ob should be able to go over their policy/hospital policy with you.

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Furfeathersfleece Strep B positive 29/03/2012, 01:08 PM

ingrid74 Can't help too much but what I can tell you: ... 29/03/2012, 01:15 PM

Red Cabbage I was positive for Strep B for the birth of my 3yo... 29/03/2012, 01:23 PM

MrsWright If you have the time/inclination you might want to... 29/03/2012, 01:29 PM

bigglet I was positive for Strep B for 2 of my births - th... 29/03/2012, 01:36 PM

Chubbles My DS who is 9weeks today got Group B Strep from m... 29/03/2012, 01:57 PM

babybrain It is administered through a drip and one dose goe... 29/03/2012, 02:05 PM

Furfeathersfleece Wow very scary to hear that babies can die from th... 29/03/2012, 02:10 PM

tinkster23 You should only need one 30 min dose every 6 hours... 29/03/2012, 02:20 PM

shelbel87 Iv had it with both my babies. with ds i was induc... 29/03/2012, 02:27 PM

JJ98 I was neg for DS but pos for DD and I too was scar... 29/03/2012, 02:56 PM

allyire I had group b strep with both babies. The first I ... 29/03/2012, 03:09 PM

suline OP also check with your OB what he considers adequ... 29/03/2012, 03:18 PM

Furfeathersfleece Suline, I am actually a public patient doing share... 30/03/2012, 02:21 PM

soontobegran You will most probably just have a small cannula i... 01/04/2012, 04:10 PM

suline You don't need to do anything prior to your ne... 01/04/2012, 04:20 PM

runnybabbit I was Strep B positive but bub came early (37w2d) ... 01/04/2012, 05:47 PM

Tesseract QUOTE (runnybabbit @ 01/04/2012, 05:47 PM... 12/04/2012, 04:14 PM

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