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My
daughter was GBS pos. Had IV antis in labour but the staff wanted her to stay in
fir observation of bub. She was basically told the baby would die if she took
her home. I said what rubbish. The last two places I have worked if mum
was GBS pos, had had IV antis in labour ( at least 1 dose four hours before the
birth) then apart from the odd temp check we just observed bub. Unknown status
was only worried about if the membranes ruptured 24 hours. Then IV antis
offered. Given that the swab isn't 100% accurate and mum be negative for
the swab and colonise a day later why bother scaring women?
I have had 2 cases this year where a woman chose
not to have the strep B swabs done antenatally. For whatever reason we
transferred from home to the hospital for birthing. The staff wanted her to
have antibiotics because the step B statis was unknown. Both times the mothers
refused.
Both times the hospitals then swabbed the babies,
said something along the lines of 'we have found 'something' unknown that
could be strep b" they then recommended commencing 48hours of IV antibiotics
until blood cultures can prove otherwise( that it is not Strep
B).
Because of the fear involved, the mothers chose
to have the IV antibiotics for the bubs. Blood cultures came back on both
babies negative for strep B.
Scary as it is, I relate this story to my clients
and let them decide if they want the strep B swab or not............guess what
they choose??
Sad huh
Robyn
Dempsey
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