Hello,
I was told last week that I have Group B Strep, and will therefore need to be on a drip during labour etc. The consultant said "Unless you have a cs" ... but it wasn't like she was offering it as an option, iyswim. She put stickers on my notes and gave me a leaflet which made the whole thing seem pretty serious. I wish I'd asked more questions at the time, but I wasn't very well informed on the subject and I thought the leaflet might answer them.
I'd just like a few opinions. Do you think that a cs would be an option with something like this? Did she just not suggest it in an "optiony" way because she didn't want to offend me if I have my heart set on natural birth?
Also, if labour starts (I'm 38wks) should I now go straight to hospital to get the drip started instead of staying at home as long as possible as had been previously advised?
If I'm honest, the whole thing seems really nasty. My poor baby! I'm probably overreacting, but I really am not keen on being on a drip throughout labour and then having baby on a course of antibiotics afterwards. It's all quite daunting enough.
I realise that if cs was an option it would not be an easy one, but at least it would be my discomfort and not his, and the symptoms etc seem so nasty! How much of a risk is it compared with the other risks of cs?
Please don't have a go at me about considering this, I want to weigh things up properly, not get yelled at for considering surgery!
TIA
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BorgLady · 02/07/2008 10:33
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