I'm 15wks pregnant & found out today that I am carrying Group B Strep.It was only found by chance-from a swab after I'd had some bleeding,so I don't know if I had it when I had dd 15 months ago.
The hospital have told me that I can't have the homebirth that I wanted because it is too risky & that I will have to be put on an antibiotic drip as soon as I go into labour to help prevent infecting the baby.The thing that is really worrying me,is that to stand any chance of being effective,the antibiotics have to be administered for at least 4 hours before the baby is born.DD was born just 4 hours after I had a show & she was my first baby,so the chances of me getting to hospital 4 hours before giving birth are not great{sad}.
The hospital have given me a couple of leaflets to read & I have had a look at the GBSS website & am consequently scared to death-I can't seem to make any sense of what the chances are of my baby becoming seriously ill or dying if he/she contracts it & I'm really confused.Also the website mentions GBS being a factor in stillbirths/late miscarriages ect,but doesn't say if there is anything that can be done to prevent this.I am going to give them a ring tomorrow & see if they can straighten a few things out with me,but wondered if anyone here has any experience or advice?I fear a sleepless night of worrying ahead.
Thanks.
Mirage
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Diagnosed with GBS-can anyone help?
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Mirage · 15/12/2004 19:43
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