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Where can you get tested for Group B Strep

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VeronaH · 08/07/2011 13:42

Just wondering where i can get tested for group b as i know the nhs dont test for it here.

thanks

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bloom123 · 08/07/2011 14:37

Try the doctors laboratory - get a pack from them, self swab and send off with fee of £32 , results by text a few days later

www.tdlpathology.com/gbs

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moregranny · 08/07/2011 14:53

Try //www.gbss.org.uk

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addictediam · 08/07/2011 16:04

The nhs tested me, I kept having uti's so they took a swab and it was positive. Have you discussed it with your mw?

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VeronaH · 08/07/2011 16:32

yeah i asked the midwife and she said they dont rountinely test for it on the nhs as you can test positive one week and not another!!, which is weird i think as its such a dangerous bacteria not to be checked for. i had my first baby in ireland and was swobed at week 37/38 i think so just wanted to get it done here again too. thanks for the links ladies.