Following my last baby, now age 3, I had a coil fitted for a while. The pre-coil swab showed group b strep and I had to take some antibiotics before it was inserted. I am now 33 weeks pregnant, have not been tested for group b strep during my pregnancy as they don't do it routinely and have not had any UTIs or anything, when they sometimes pick it up. I asked the midwife about it and she said policy now is to give antibiotics in labour if it has been detected in pregnancy - but it seems a bit arbitrary whether this is the case as they don't screen for it! (I pointed this out to her and she agreed). She told me it is possible to send off for a private test to do around 36 weeks but I am not sure whether this is necessary - I don't want antibiotics if I don't need them. As far as I understand, if your waters break they do a swab then although often the baby might be delivered by the time they get the result. My last labour was fairly short so I am (maybe misguidedly) hoping this one will be too, in which case I understand chances of infection would be reduced even if I do still have it (and if I had not had the coil I would have been blissfully unaware of the whole issue!)
Has anyone else had this dilemma, and has anyone got any advice?
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testing for group b sttrep?
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grizzabellia · 27/02/2014 18:42
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