Question for ya...

[megdaniel]

Okay!  So I just got a call from the OB nurse at my doctor's office and she said I was a carrier of Group B Strep!!  They found it in my urine sample I gave last week.  She said I will have to be put on antibiotics right away and will probably have to be on them again while in labor so I don't give it to the baby.  She made it sound like this was pretty common but it's still alittle scary that I might transmit this to my baby during birth.  Has anybody else had this before?  Will I have to be on anitbiotics my whole pregnancy?

I went and looked online about this cause I've never heard of it before.  This is what it says....

• Group B streptococcus, or group B strep, is a bacterium that causes life- threatening infections in newborns. Group B strep can also cause disease in pregnant women, the elderly, and adults with other illnesses.
• Many people carry group B strep bacteria in their bodies without developing infection or illness. However, the bacteria can become deadly to people with weakened immune systems.
• Pregnant women can transmit group B strep to their newborns at birth. Group B strep is the most common cause of blood infections and meningitis in newborns.
• Most cases of group B strep disease in newborns can be prevented by giving certain pregnant women antibiotics during labor.

Have any of you mommies or mommies-to-be heard of this before?