Group B Strep

the second time around? I am TTCing #2 and I'm already horrified of labor. I was GBS+ last time and they didn't know it. I spiked a fever of 102 while in labor so they gave me antibiotics just in case. They antibiotics burned. I was vomitting and worn out. She was positioned facing my leg and was a little stubborn booger coming out. After 14 hrs. of heavy labor and 2 hrs. of pushing she came out ripping me front to back. The epidural wore off while he was stiching me up. Needless to say I don't want to go through that again. I'm sure they will test me beforehand this time but what are my chances of being GBS+ again. I might need to rethink TTCing (LOL J/King) or maybe schedule a C-section.

Thanks,
Amanda

I was horrified with labor with my second child, also. I had a 26 hour labor with my first. He was sunny-side-up and I pushed for 3 hours. I was not GBS positive with him, however I did have certain risk factors that would have made me need ABX. My son passed away at 24 days old from late-onset GBS which could or could not have had anything to do with my labor/delivery.

That said...you should still be tested at 35-36 weeks for GBS again. Because your baby was not born with GBS they will not automatically give you ABX. To me it sounds like maybe they gave you one that maybe you were allergic to if it was what was making you vomit and all. I don't know...

Quoting from a post by Cathiemac

"About 30% of all the population will have GBS dominant enough to show up in a standard GBS test at any given time. Over the course of weeks and months, the dominant bacteria can change and a standard GBS test might come up negative. It's not an unhealthy or a dirty thing. It's perfectly normal, natural, and one of many healthy states. GBS is not something we should normally try to control, because it's presence keeps other bacteria from becoming too dominant. It's part of a healthy mix.

"Long and short of it, by testing for GBS in pregnancy, you can almost eliminate the chances of GBS infection your baby. I say almost because there's always exceptions and we can't be expecting our life to always be scripted. But this is one thing that you can relax about. By following the recommendations, your baby has a better then 99.975% chance of being born GBS-free! "

I think knowing that at any given time 30% of the population would be GBS+ and knowing that with antibiotics your baby will much more than likely be born without GBS, you should feel comfortable TTC again.

However, your issue with childbirth is quite another thing!!! First babies are usually a worse labor than subsequent ones. I'm sure if you absolutely pitched a fit, your doc would schedule a c-section, but it carries other risks with being major surgery. Just do your homework on that and you will be fine ;)

Hope that helps and feel free to ask more questions that may come up.
I haven't posted much to this board lately and I'm a little rusty so I hope I gave you enough info for you to go on.

Thank you for the info! The vomitting was actually my first symptom before the antibiotics. The vomitting made them take my temperature which clued them in to give me antibiotics. They then tested me and we did not get the GBS+ test results back until 4AM- 2hrs. after DD arrived. Again thanks for the info.

Amanda

Well it's good that the antibiotics didn't make you sick and that you can tolerate them without getting sick. My sister gets sick when she takes ANY antibiotics-she's not allergic, she just can't tolerate them for some reason. Sounds like you already had an infection and they treated you as soon as they knew about it.

I hope I answered your questions...please post more if you have any.