I have been told by a pregnant woman that she was reluctant
to have a strep B test at 35-37 weeks. She was informed by a doctor in the A/N
clinic of our public tertiary hospital, that if she went into labour with an unknown
status and attended the delivery suite , her baby would have to be
Hi Mary,
I have heard this said to women by some Dr's,
however not all. Usual practice is to do gastric aspirate ear swab on baby
and check temps for 48 hours. And many women do refuse antibiotics for
themselves and their babies - with encouragement from their midwives
:)
Sadie
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Thanks Sadie, It is interesting that these
procedures are being done when the woman is of unknown status because the
guidelines from the Health dept say that Gastric aspirate and swabs only tell
us about surface colonization. The majority of babies who are born to those women
who are
Dear Mary,
If there are no high risk
indications at time, we would monitor baby carefully ie
regular temperatures and observation rather than straight into IM antibiotics.
Barbara, Parkes
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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
Kirsten is off to Selangor Private in
Nambour.
Regards Fiona Rumble
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To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 3:25
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Dear Fiona,
Where is
HI,
Sorry for the x-post, but thought I would share that thismorning at 3:46am I
gave birth to a beautiful little girl, Runah. After a couple of days of
crazy prelabour and 5 hours of active labour she was birthed in warm water,
in my own home, into my friends hands with just her daddy, mummy and
I was actually witness to a midwife (and I
do use the term loosely in this instance) calling a young woman a selfish
bitch for refusing to have antibiotics in labour, when she was of
unknown GBS statusthis was 6 years ago at one of our centres of
excellenceshame
Tania
From:
Congratulations Abby. Love and prayers
to you, your little one, and all the family. Job well done!
Regards Fiona Rumble (Birth International workshop
co-participant)
HI,Sorry for the x-post, but thought I would share that
thismorning at 3:46am Igave birth to a beautiful little girl,
Blessings galore to you all, now go and get some sleep wonderwoman!
Tania
xxx
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Sent: Friday, 4 November 2005 9:08 PM
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Many congrats Abby and family :) Love baby's name!
Jayne
HI,
Sorry for the x-post, but thought I would share that thismorning at 3:46am
I
gave birth to a beautiful little girl, Runah. After a couple of days of
crazy prelabour and 5 hours of active labour she was birthed in warm
water,
To those people who sent cheques for the CARES SA Birth After Caesarean
information booklet;
Thanks and the CD's are in the post today so check you post boxes next
week!
Sorry for the delay.
Those who still want a copy of the CD with HEAPS of information on VBAC,
please send a cheque to
CARES
Abby, you know that I know just how wonderful you feel at this moment!
I am SO very proud of you and cant wait to hear your birth story!
Love
Jo
CARES
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Congratulations Abby, You did a wonderfull job. You are very strong to go on
with what you feel is good. Big hug to all from the other site of the world.
Lieve
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Aan:
Here in Belgium is the same rule, with unknown status they start AB in labour.
When labour goes to fast they will preventive give ab to the baby. Also with a
positive test the mother has no choice and will have AB in labour. When the
profylaxy is not compleet, the baby goes to neonatal ward and
Here I go with links again :) :
http://www.mothering.com/articles/pregnancy_birth/birth_preparation/group-b.html
and some comments at:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0838/is_123/ai_114242270
Vedrana
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Could I please have the cost of CD and postage in order to post a cheque
Monday for the CARES VBAC cd?
Thankyou,
Barbara,
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To those people who sent cheques for the CARES SA Birth After Caesarean
information booklet;
Thanks and the CD's are in the post today so check
Fantastic and Congratulations Abby. Love to heare those so
positive stories.
Cheers
Judy
--- Abby and Toby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
HI,
Sorry for the x-post, but thought I would share that
thismorning at 3:46am I
gave birth to a beautiful little girl, Runah. After a couple
of days of
Sorry Barbra,
The cost is $15 for the CD including postage.
Cheers
Jo
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Stokes
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:58 AM
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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
Where
I work no-one is swabbed. If a woman is in labour for twelve hours she is
commenced on IV antis without knowing her GBS status. There are no other
interventions, unless labour is premature, when a HVS will be taken. It's
interesting the variety of practises out there! I would prefer
It seems most hospitals offer IV antibiotic cover in labour if membranes
have ruptured for over 18hrs whether GBS or not. This is a particular
bug-bear of mine. Firstly this is often not 'offered' but women are
basically told this is what will be done. Secondly when women have had 2
doses of
What do you wise women think about winding/burping babies. I am very aware
that I am totally confusing women and providing them with information which
conflicts with my colleagues. I would love to hear what information you give
women about this subject.
My standpoint at the moment (more than
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