For those who have tested positive to Group B Strep.....some advice please.

[Shanti]

How do they give the AB's? Is it penicillin you had?? And how was it administered? IV in the hand??

[BrightSparkles]

How do they give the AB's? Is it penicillin you had?? And how was it administered? IV in the hand??

Mine were IV in the hand - I think it was penicillian - I can't remember exactly. I had to stay for 24hrs after the birth just to make sure all was ok.

[Aussiegirl777]

I tested positive and had 2 doses of Antibiotics. They were administered after my waters had been broken and they were given through the IV in my hand.

[butterfly_warrior]

I was GBS +ve. I had one dose of ABs through the canula in my hand - that was all we had time for.

My waters broke at 36 weeks and labour began spontaneously - I'd only had the GBS test late the afternoon before hand so my results weren't in. The hospital had to run around and rush to get the results to find out, and Sam arrived around one hour after the ABs were given.

He was in SCN, but not because of the GBS, all because he was early. They monitored his temperature and mine closely, but we had no issues.

BW

[SammyRo]

DS was born at 38wks, I had PROM almost 30 hours before he was born (hence why I had so much time for 6 doses lol)
I remember with DD, when I also had PROM, my mw was happy for me to go 4days as long as I checked my temp every 4 hours, but then again I wasn't GBS+ that time.

[sas85]

I tested positive with DD1, heavy growth. My waters broke before contractions so I was in straight away. They give them through a canula in your hand which I didn't feel at all (nor later when I tore it out) because who notices when you're in labour ay . I believe they give them every 4 hours or so through labour especially once your waters are broken since that's the highest infection time. I only needed the one dose as only had 4 hour labour with DD1. My mums waters broke before her birth with both my brothers, and both got severe respiratory infections attributed to that time and were in the SCN for a couple of weeks. These days the AB's would likely have prevented that in her cases, though probably like everything these days in most cases it wouldn't matter KWIM. I was negative with DD2 so did nothing.