Decided not to have IV a/biotics in labour despite having GBS - Questions!

[jen992]

Hi,

After finding out i am carrying GBS (test performed following a water infection). I have been TOLD by my midwife I can no longer have the home birth I wanted (this is my 2nd child - 1st was born at home).
I know I can 'ignore' her and still have the homebirth, however I have decided to play safe and go into hospital BUT i have decided not to receive the IV antibiotics they offer due to many reasons.
Does anyone know how long I would have to stay in hospital following the birth to be monitored? I want to be out ASAP ideally but realise it's important for the baby to be monitored.
I have also decided to carry out another GBS test myself and send it off to a private lab just to confirm the result as the midwife said they wouldn't re-test me and GBS isn't something that comes and goes... despite me knowing through reading various articles it CAN 'come and go'.

Anyway, just wondered if anyone knew how long i'd have to stay in hospital?
I'm now almost 35 weeks BTW (and to add insult to injury, baby is breech!)
x

How did things go Jen?

I am also GBS positive and had antibiotics with my first labour but my second labour was too short and whilst my baby was fine the hospital, were, IMO, wrong that they did not observe her for even 24 hours after her birth.

I am due my third in 5 weeks and am having an induced labour to ensure that I get the antibiotics. My consultant, we're going privately for delivery this time, gave me 2 options. The first was to have the baby which is likely to be quick and then to give it antibiotics after birth and observe for 48 hours or to induce at 38+ weeks, for other reasons other than this, to ensure that the baby has the antibiotics. He did say that the risks are minute of the baby getting seriously ill but it is not a risk I am prepared to take.

My sister has a friend who has a severely handicapped baby due to not recieving antibiotics when she was GBS positive. I cannot take even the tiniest risk of this happening.

Hi i'm sorry to crash your thread, but i also have GBS strep in my last pregnancy and just found out im pregnant (5 week's) and dont know anyone else who has had it :-(

i have recently taken antibiotics for a urine infection, today i have been exsperiencing burning down below (sorry TMI) i have done another urine ample for the doctor who said i had very slight protine in it, but not enough for another infection.

In my last pregnancy i had GBS could this all be link any advice or guess or exsperience in the same thing would be so apprecitaed please.