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Am 38wks & gbs+. had a sweep on wed. can this procedure pass gbs to the baby inside the womb? also finished a course of ab last week for urinal gbs.
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Not likely: Infants acquire GBS through inhalation when passing through the vaginal canal during delivery in most cases
Answered 5/3/2015
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