GBS diagnosis
About 3weeks ago I went to triage as I had severe pgp and was struggling to walk. There’s a urine sample that was taken & a week later was informed I have GBS & advised to get my antibiotic prescription at the pharmacy. I haven’t had a chance to pick it as I moved & live quite far away from my hospital & I don’t want to change it now I’m a few weeks to delivery. Also the rating & service of my hospital is really good so thought it’d be wise to keep it.
I’ve been wondering what GBS is about & been worrying the past few days as I haven’t gone for the prescription yet. In my pregnancy, I’ve been given antibiotics twice already for other issues so I’m also a bit concerned with the too much antibiotics messing up with my microbiome.
Anyways for those who got a diagnosis, did you take the antibiotics immediately? Also, if antibiotics will solve the problem now, why do they need to give you more antibiotics during labour?
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With respect to why need antibiotics in labour, this is a matter that has been discussed quite a bit in that group so I urge you to look at previous posts. But in summary, the antibiotics treat the infection at the time it occurs but because strep b is found naturally in our body it can reappear within weeks or days (without causing a UTI) and you dont want the baby contracting it during labour.
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Antibiotics need to be taken immediately, as in certain rare situations the infection can spread and contaminate the uterus if left untreated. It's a risk not worth taking imo. Also, as a person that had a kidney infection before, uti can lead to that, and trust me this is not something you want to go through.