Hello, I am just over 37 weeks pregnant and expecting our first baby very soon.
This month is Group B Strep awareness month and to be honest we were not really aware of this at all until recently. Unfortunately, we only discovered the seriousness of this infection very recently as some of our closest friends sadly lost their much loved Daughter due to this at just a couple of weeks old. It is so sad to know that this could have been prevented if a simple test was offered.
We have just ordered a private test for this infection as I want to know that I have tried to get tested for this prior to our baby being born (as long as time allows that is).
As the NHS do not currently offer routine testing for this infection there is currently a petition on change.org which was started by another couple who also lost their child due to Group B Strep to try and get the government to consider offering testing.
I am posting this thread in the hope that it may share a bit more awareness on this topic and also in case anyone would like to sign the petition to hopefully get this issue heard and change things for the better (link below)
www.change.org/p/nhs-provide-tests-for-group-b-strep-to-prevent-any-more-avoidable-deaths-of-newborn-babies
Thank you for reading, dancinglorna.
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dancinglorna1984 · 12/07/2015 11:22
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