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Strep B positive

talia770talia770 member
in July 2015 Moms
hello? I'm so nervous? I need to take antibiotics for my labor so that my baby doesn't get it. Is this something common? Should I just be calm? I'm so upset I saw myself dealing with my contractions in a bath before I go to the hospital. And the doctor told me I shouldn't go in a bath because I wouldn't know if my water broke or not...

Anyone have experience? What should I do to help with contractions if not go into a bath?
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Re: Strep B positive

  • aschoppersaschoppers member
    Shower. If at hospital, use a shower chair or get one for at home. That was a concern I had when I found out I was positive.

    It is very common. I am taking comfort in knowing that a friend of mine who is a professional, prefers natural things and very healthy lifestyle was positive when she delivered her son last fall. Because, I felt like I failed and got myself positive.
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  • audi681audi681 member
    edited July 2015
    It is very common. When I found out I was strep positive I had a meltdown in the whole foods parking lot... lots of tears! I texted all of my close friends with babies about how I was freaking out. 3 of the 6 responded "Stop- we were strep positive too, it is no big deal." I had no idea that 50% of them had it too! So 4 of 7 women (me included) were strep positive. 

    My water broke in the hospital, but I wouldn't take any chances with bathing. Stick to showers. Your water might not even break. It is actually less common for your water to break than it is to be strep B positive. 

    The antibiotics are nothing. They hook them up to your IV/fluids. Your arm will burn a little from the potassium that they have to give with the IV, but it's nothing! As I said in another post, you are about to push something out of your vag- so do not worry about the IV burn. Small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.

    Your baby will  be fine. Trust. The statistic is like 1 in 2,000 babies will need some sort of treatment if mom is strep B positive and on antibiotics during labor. Just get the meds, and all will be cool. So common. So not a big deal!  

    Hope that helps!
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  • shannonotashannonota member
    I was too and they just gave me iv antibiotics before induction and every 4 hours of labor after that. I will say the first dose of antibiotics burn your arm pretty bad. I asked for a warm compress and that helped a lot. The other doses didn't hurt. Baby and mom are both doing fine :)
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  • talia770talia770 member
    Okay! Thanks everyone! So u think I could still be in the shower? But wouldn't I also not know if my water broke while being in the shower or will I know? I'm a FTM, so I'm clueless.
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  • shannonotashannonota member
    It will be lots of water, may not gush. My water was broke for me and it would run down my legs (thank goodness for mesh undies and pads or I would not have been walking around. I thought I wouldn't know... But it was obvious. It's also slippery, my nurse and I about biffed it in the bathroom. Be careful! My guess is you could be in the shower as long as you already had meds
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  • jtenkorangjtenkorang member
    I just found out I'm strep b positive as well. No biggie just another antibiotic when I go in to have my c section.
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  • LibbyC730LibbyC730 member
    My water broke at home (small trickle, it took another small trickle an hour later to convince myself it really had broke) and I got the antibiotics at the hospital. I honestly didn't even notice the antibiotic going in, but they had also used lidocaine to start my IV, so maybe that helped? This all happened the the night after I was swabbed for strep b, so my results weren't back yet. Turns out it was negative anyway, but better safe than sorry!
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