Thanks for your reply
Can you tell me if she showed any signs of having problems when she was born and up until the time of her blood test ? How long was she in nnu for and what happened there ? We're there any feeding problems due to antibiotics or the sepsis ? Did you experience any problems with her at all due to the antibiotics she had ?

She wasn't showing any outward signs of sepsis. Her temp was normal and there were no problems with her. She didn't actually have sepsis, the problem is that the raised markers in the blood test that are a sign of possible sepsis are also raised due to the act of birth. She had a very fast birth too which further raises these markers. I found out later that her numbers were so low that it was very unlikely that she had GBS as they would be much higher if she did. They are just so cautious about this! My waters broke as she was crowning so really there was such a small chance that she would have been infected anyway.

She ended up in nnu for about 24 hours till the second blood culture came back. We then had to spend another night in hospital where she was with me just to keep an eye on her. All up we spent 3 nights in hospital, 1 of which she was away from me. While we were there she had two courses of antibiotics that were administered through a needle in her hand. The antibiotics were administered over a two hour period twice a day.

It didn't affect her feeding but she did have formula when she was down there. I decided to do this as she was so unsettled due to being away from me, waiting for my milk to come in and my stress levels. The nnu is a different world and I was so worried that they would take her unsettled behavior as a sign of something else going on (this happened with my son two years earlier) and just wanted her to be full and calm. She hasn't had any formula since and is fully bf.

We haven't had any issues yet due to the antibiotics. Hope that helps!