re: GBS+ and didn't receive antibiotic IV?

Quoting lolajessup:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Kayla Haavarstein:</b>" yeah, thanks. i have google. just going ... [snip!] ... think I just read in a magazine tht Norway is in the top 10 safest places to have a baby. U.s wasn't even on the list.  "

http://www.learnvest.com/2011/11/the-best-countries-to-have-a-baby-hint-not-the-u-s-391/

found it!  

Quoting lolajessup:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Kayla Haavarstein:</b>" yeah, thanks. i have google. just going ... [snip!] ... think I just read in a magazine tht Norway is in the top 10 safest places to have a baby. U.s wasn't even on the list.  "

    


With all the tests and preaching about getting prenatal care you'd think we'd be the safest... It is actually quite the opposite. Our infant and fetal demise rate is actually quite high  

Quoting ashley noel [35 weeks!]:"      With all the tests and preaching about getting prenatal care you'd think we'd be the safest... ... [snip!] ... you'd think we'd be the safest... It is actually quite the opposite. Our infant and fetal demise rate is actually quite high  "

i know   i was lucky enough to be knocked up by a norwegian though ;) haha

but like i said, if you DO test positive, don't stress out too much. are you planning on having a midwife there? over here, they say if GBS is in your urine or rectum, they just keep a close eye on baby for around 24 hours so maybe a drive to the hospital will be necessary. don't worry  

Quoting Kayla Haavarstein:" i know   i was lucky enough to be knocked up by a norwegian though ;) haha but like i said, if you ... [snip!] ... they just keep a close eye on baby for around 24 hours so maybe a drive to the hospital will be necessary. don't worry  "

Yeah I'm having a homebirth with 3 midwives present. And we do a hexachlora something or other cleanse... lol squirting it up your hoo-ha to kill any bacteria. I just hope I dont have it

Infant death per 1000 live births info from 2012
U.S. 5.98
Norway 3.5

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2091rank.html sorry cant link good on my phone.

Oh and where I found the idea was in this free mag my friend picked up at her PB office. Pregnancy and newborn pct 2012. There was a thing in the back called best and worst places to be a mother. Norway was #1 actually. Us not even on the list.

Quoting lolajessup:" Oh and where I found the idea was in this free mag my friend picked up at her PB office. Pregnancy and ... [snip!] ... There was a thing in the back called best and worst places to be a mother. Norway was #1 actually. Us not even on the list."

So sad. No doubt because of how over-medicalized birth has become here. So many intervention-happy doctors.

<blockquote><b>Quoting ashley noel [35 weeks!]:</b>" So sad. No doubt because of how over-medicalized birth has become here. So many intervention-happy doctors."</blockquote>



Yup. Very sad. I'm getting very discouraged with my preg right now so it's hard for me to accept everything cause I am also a limited intervention person   this was supposed to be my perfect preg and perfect birth and so far it's been one thing afte another and I'm getting discouraged and realizing I have no control over my life right now  

Quoting lolajessup:" <blockquote><b>Quoting ashley noel [35 weeks!]:</b>" So sad. No doubt because of ... [snip!] ... so far it's been one thing afte another and I'm getting discouraged and realizing I have no control over my life right now  "

Oh no. What's going on, if you don't mind me asking?


The reason the whole GBS thing freaks me out is because I just do NOT want to give birth in a hospital... I'm scared of what kind of intervention would be pushed on me if I were there... and would probably accept just because of how vulnerable you can be during labor. I had a 31 hour labor with DD, and my water was broken for 29 of those hours... I would have been scared into a csection if I were in a hospital. Not to mention there were moments during my labor where I was saying "just take me to the hospital for an epidural." lol.

<blockquote><b>Quoting ashley noel [35 weeks!]:</b>" Oh no. What's going on, if you don't mind me asking? The reason the whole GBS thing freaks me out ... [snip!] ... Not to mention there were moments during my labor where I was saying "just take me to the hospital for an epidural." lol."</blockquote>


Well first I had twins. One didn't make it. I think my body reabsorbed it cause they didn't mention it still bring there at my u/s yesterday. So I was just supposed to have the one visit to the high risk specialist for that to make sure it wasn't gonna cause any issues. Well when I was there (11 wks) I had placenta previa which he said don't worry about it almost always moves. By scheduled me to
Comeback at 20 weeks. So I go back yesterday and everything is great until the last thing he checks... My placenta. I was very hopeful it was all good. But then he got quiet and looked and stared and switched into the mode where they see red and blue arteries or whatever they are. He then showed me On the screen how my placenta is wrapped aroun my uterus like in a u shape and showed me that it's right next to my cervix. He kept going back and forth trying to see if it was on it or just right next to it that's how close it was. And then said I need to get it checked again in 8 weeks. I asked what happens if I doesn't move and he said csection. I almost died. I wanted to break down and cry. So then he xained what would happen if it didn't move in detail (which with the early previa he didn't tell me anything when I asked and just said wait and see what happens, which makes me think he's not hopeful it will move because of how it's wrapped). He said he can't say for sure if it'll move which before he was pretty sure it would move because most do he said. So he kept checking the artery thing or vessel of some sort and said he's pretty sure it's the babies and it's right next to my cervix. He said if I get any contraction I need to go to the hospital immediately becuse if my cervix dilates at all it will snap whatever it is and kill the baby in minutes(his words exactly, yeah he doesn't himhaw around which is why many people dont like him but I appreciate the blunt truth cause I want answers from him not google later). So I go back nov 30 and go from there. I'm trying not to worry but I just feel so out I control. There's nothing I can do to change anything and it worries me. I also have bp issues. It keeps going high then low. It's freaky. I passed out at work and then I get headaches on and off from going high then light headed from going low. It's so effed up and idk what to do. I hate feeling out of control and helpless  

Quoting lolajessup:" <blockquote><b>Quoting ashley noel [35 weeks!]:</b>" Oh no. What's going on, if you ... [snip!] ... high then light headed from going low. It's so effed up and idk what to do. I hate feeling out of control and helpless  "

Oh wow I'm so sorry for your loss... that is crazy... I really hope it clears up for you and you are able to have a vaginal delivery. But most importantly that you have no complications in your pregnancy!

<blockquote><b>Quoting ashley noel [35 weeks!]:</b>" Oh wow I'm so sorry for your loss... that is crazy... I really hope it clears up for you and you are ... [snip!] ... up for you and you are able to have a vaginal delivery. But most importantly that you have no complications in your pregnancy!"</blockquote>


I know a healthy baby is what is most important no matter how they get here. But I'm just so discouraged. But I would second guess it if I didn't know it could be dangerous. There's a difference in doing a csection in yor position with your first and Doing it for a good reason. But it's just upsetting that I am so out of control. I hate myself for not having the perfect birth and pregnancy the first time when I could have. I wanted to redeem myself In a way if that makes sense. But nothing seems to be working in my favor.