Doc found that i have a bladder infection caused by gbs. protocol is iv antibiotics in labor automatically even if i test negative at 38 weeks. why?

Risk to baby!: or early-onset disease, group B strep most commonly causes sepsis (infection of the blood), pneumonia (infection in the lungs), and sometimes meningitis (infection of the fluid and lining around the brain). Similar illnesses are associated with late-onset group B strep disease. Meningitis is more common with late-onset group B strep disease than with early-onset group B strep disease.