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During my 1st pregnancy my placenta was infected with gbs and i lost the baby at 31wks. i am on my 2nd pregnancy when can i be treated for gbs?
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Discuss with OB: Sorry for your loss.These are so unexpected & disabling when they happen. You need to have a long discussion with the OB about this process & have a plan . For the gbs to have infected your baby at 31 wks you were likely leaking(rare) or the germ wouldn't have been able to reach the baby. About 1/3 women will carry gbs intermittently & pre-treatment does not prevent it from comming back later.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Not until 35wks: All pregnant women should get tested for GBS, group B streptococcus, at 35wks. It's not an infection; just colonizes the vagina. If it gets onto your baby as it passes through the birth canal, it can lead to sepsis (whole body infection) -- so if you have it and you're going into labor, you HAVE to be at a hospital to get IV antibiotics (PCN). Can't do anything about it before labor. No symptoms.
Answered 5/31/2015
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