Fab Feb 2009: holy shit, this is it

[chilledmama]

Cause Swampster has a dirty mouth
Wouldn't hear me speaking that way...much
How do we delete threads????

I'm going DAU tomorrow, have just told my nighbour so she can come sit with ds if need be so at least that's 1 worry dealt with

Honestly, you'll both be fine. Who was it that offered you monitoring earlier? Can you ring them back and say that in the light of this news, you do need to know if you have started?

Must do ds's dinner, will be back later. Thanx

Have you told DH?

I called and spoke to her when I opened letter, going to see her tomorrow. Nothing is happening regular or as strong as it should be, but if I start to see a patern, I'll be straight down there

Well take care and ring DAU if you need to - or labour ward if later on xx

Yeah, told dp, he's nice and calm and has said if it was anything really dangerous, given the gestation, they'd get him out now so they must be confident it's all fine and nothing to woryy about blah blah blah

hug]] it'll be fine lbb.

you know in advance and that'll make all the differance. don't get too worked up, just keep an eye on those cramps... if they get to 5 mins apart that's when you assume you're in labour, until then just take it easy and make sure you're within reach of a phone at all times until baby arrives.

and remeber, we're here to talk to when you're stressed

Do some reading up on it as well....you'll worry less as well and know exactly what to expect. Try not to worry too much xx

2nd PTs advice....and DP....he's right. Knowing in advance makes all the difference.

Right off to collect DD....

LBB - sending you enormous hugs. You'll be fine hon - I know lots of women who have had Group B strep positive tests and gone on to have perfectly healthy babies. As LMN says, at least the hospital now know so they know what to do. However make sure you put it in big bold cap letters on your birth plan at the front of your notes.

If you have any worries at all, we're all here for you. I dont think the cramps are anything to worry about - when you get them try a warm bath (preferably without DS putting the world in there with you, but doesnt matter ) - if they ease off during or after it, try not to worry; if they're still there, then call DAU and go in (with DS if need be). Its really if your waters break that you need to call ambulance. Your DS2 will be fine - as will you. I had antibiotic drip when induced with DS for a temperature and was fine, though did restrict my movements (but hey so did everything else!)

((((LBB)))) God you're having such a rough time of it but like the others have said, it's a good thing that they know in advance. Also it isn't guaranteed to cause problems as lots of women carry the GBS but dont know and still have a healthy baby with no GBS complications. I think i'd give the garlic remedy a miss though and leave it to the AB's to do their job

Hi Justme [waves]

Thanx everyone. Have looked on the GBS website which says that out of the 700 babies a year born with it, 75 die and upto 40 have long term physical and mental problems.....

Do we have a newbie? Hello Justme

Hey, lbb, there are a couple of relevant recent threads on strep B

here

and
here

In the first of those threads, there's a really reassuring article about the risks posted near the end of the thread (they are very low, even if you are strep B +ve.

And worth remembering that strep B comes and goes. You can test positive this week, negative next week. You can be carrying it without expressing it. Baby may come safely past the strep B in your vagina (risks get bigger the longer your waters are broken for), and with the IV ABs in labour, those strep B suckers are HISTORY afa your baby is concerned. (but no point giving you ABs now, because strep B can just recolonise and come back in a day or two - it has to be right then in labour)

Thanx O&U on anti's still anyway but know that won't treat it. Thanx for links, will look now.

Will have to come baco to them later, read 1st thread and once got to part in article that said 1 in 4 die have had to stop. Will continue later
I'm now thinking am I imagining the worsening of these back pains? and would I be thinking this is how ds started if I hadn't recieved that letter.....
How much shall we bet I end up dragging my stupid behind to the hospital at some silly hour?
What if I go into labour but don't recognise the signs at first? Is it just a huge risk after waters break? What if that doesn't happen until halfway through pushing stage?

breathe lbb.

those stats... are they for all GBS births? because most women aren't diagnosed with it before labour so the necessary precautions aren't put in place.

they know you have it, you will get ab's during labour so your son will be fine

Hi all,

LLB you have my sympathy about the GSB thing but like everyone said dont worry too much i believe its far more of a danger if the hospital DONT know about it and the appropriate action isnt taken. I know its going to worry you anyway but i also was under the impression that you can have it one week and then the next it can be gone - or so someone told me who had it which is why they dont routinely test for it but i was going to get tested a couple of weeks before i was induced this time ( obviously now i am having a c section its not necessary ) and pay for it myself as i think its a good thing to be forewarned - just try and see it like that. Keep a close eye out for anything that looks like you going into labour and they will have you on Antibiotics asap ok hun?

Back from hosptial ( again! ) and saw consultant - my blood pressure was 105/150 and wouldnt come down so obstetrician has put me on Methyldopa for it. I havent taken it before and have so far avoided it this pregnancy as i have been told that the side effects are rather unpleasant ( sickness, tiredness ) Has anyone on this thread taken it before? Markstretch not sure if you mentioned before if you were on something for bp or was it just my imagination? but any advice or if anyone else has taken it as it would be nice to know what to expect

LBB I just wanted to say {{{{{hugs}}}}}}

Don't google too much or you will drive yourself mad. I tested positive for Group B Strep, but they didn't tell me until DD was 2 weeks old. I had a course of antibiotics after she was born.

Hope you're ok

Don't worry LBB.

The statistic is one in four of the babies WHO DEVELOP STREP B died. But your baby is not going to develop strep B, because the medics know you are a carrier and you will get the ABs. In fact, your baby is probably the safest on the fab feb thread as far as the chances of getting strep B are concerned, because you are the mama who knows she's going to have the ABs.

The risks are tiny tiny tiny tiny (or even zero) till the waters have gone. Your baby is currently in a sterile sac, where they have eben safely growing for 8 months so far, and nothing has got in past the mucous plug and the sac, and nothing is going to. If your waters go, then the ABs need to start pronto, and that's fine, you'd be hauling your fat arse (I'm not saying your fat, dear, just pregnant like the rest of us) to the hospital as soon as the waters go sloosh. No problem. Mostly, people's waters DON'T go first unless the baby is posterior. Mostly, the waters go really close to when the baby is coming out. So the risks are even lower of the baby picking up the strep B, not only becuase you'll be there being monitored, but also because it's not as if you'll be sitting around for 24 hours with ruptured membranes waiting for the baby to come out, you'll either be on the ABs already, or the waters will go and you'll ahve been on the ABs for a few hours already because you're well into labour.

you're really in very safe hands.

I would say "go and have a chat with your midwife about this" but I think you might throw something at me...

you're.

oh dear.

goes out into the antarctic saying "I may be some time"

Oooooooh Rosie I'm on Methyldopa!

I started on 250mg 3 times a day (apparently a low dose), at first it made me feel very sleepy and gave me headaches- it seems to make you quite dehydrated so make sure you drink lots of water.

I've actually found it works quite well for me and my bp has been pretty stable. Consultant put it up yesterday to 4 tablets a day as my BP had gone up to 134/100 in hospital and I'm finding the headaches and dehydration are a bit of a problem today.

I would say though, I got my Dad to research it thoroughly (he's a Paramedic) and it has been used safely for years in pregnancy. The pharmacist looked at me in shock when I took in my first prescription as it's such an old fashioned medicine but it seems to be tried and tested.

'Most babies exposed to GBS before or during birth suffer no ill effects. However, around one in 2000 babies in the UK develops a GBS infection. Sadly, about one in 10 of these babies die.'

that's only 1 in 20,000 of the babies who actually
develop an infection who die.... and pretty much all of those who develop an infection do so because it wasn't diagnosed...... that means it's pretty much unheard of for a baby to die when the mother was diagnosed and treated during labour.

see..... nothing to panic about, you just need to be a little more vigilant than usual about things like your waters going in a slow trickle and you'll have the annoyance of a drip in labour. you'll both be fine though

Evening all.

Physio was good today she gave me some relief but as she predicted it hasn't lasted very long. She said that my hip and pelvis are very loose and that my right hip is a lot higher than it should be. She has put me on crutches and given me a body tube grip thing that I have to wear until my support belt arrives........

Have been in a lot of pain tonight, even after the physio and do feel totally wiped out.

Physio also commented on my back her words were " if you imagine that your spine is like a bicycle chain, you have 5 links that are fused together." So she is going to get me physio appointments after the baby is born to put me right as she said....

Anyway enough of me going on again

LBB so sorry you are going through this, sorry I have no advise as I do not know anything about it..

ouch lardy sorry you're in such agony.... when is the support belt due to arrive?

lbb.... you've brought o&u out in a case of bad grammar! see how much we worry about you my dear?