Hi,

I was just wondering if someone can help me answer my question...sorry if I am a bit vague!

My dd was born last year and I had a great birth. I am now pregnant with #2 and went to see the Drs at the hospital today for a medical clearance before moving to the midwife clinic. The dr asked me if I had had IV antibiotics during labour. He then went on to tell me that at some stage I had had a vaginal swab done and they had detected a bacteria...starting with G (soory cant remember what it was)....that required 2 lots of IV antibiotics during labour to prevent the baby getting meningitis. By the looks of it the results didnt come back in time, thankfully dd was ok. The dr did say something about it occurs when waters have broken some time before.

Anyway, I have to have a vaginal swab at 28 weeks to check if its there.

Does anyone have any information on this bacteria?

Thanks in advance

Melissa