GBS+ and didn't receive antibiotic IV?

If you had GBS and did NOT receive the antibiotic IV, did your baby get sick or having any reaction?

TIA

Are you asking because you don't want to receive the IV antibiotics? My goal was to try to have the least amount of medications possible during labor and delivery with DD. I came back GBS+ and ended up needing IV antibiotics. Sometimes you just need to do what is safest for your baby.

my stepsister refused the antibiotic. My nephew was born very healthy  

If you have it then you need to get the IV. Or else it could risk your childs safety.

My birth was way to quick to have iv and i was gbs+. My baby's doing just fine.

A pregnant woman who tests positive for group B strep and gets antibiotics during labor can feel confident knowing that she has only a 1 in 4,000 chance of delivering a baby with group B strep disease. If a pregnant woman who tests positive for group B strep does not get antibiotics at the time of labor, her baby has a 1 in 200 chance of developing group B strep disease. This means that those infants whose mothers are group B strep positive and do not get antibiotics have over 20 times the risk of developing disease than those who do receive preventive antibiotics.

This was pulled directly from the CDC site

<blockquote><b>Quoting JustDucky:</b>" Are you asking because you don't want to receive the IV antibiotics? My goal was to try to have the least ... [snip!] ... with DD. I came back GBS+ and ended up needing IV antibiotics. Sometimes you just need to do what is safest for your baby."</blockquote>


This.  

I'd rather my baby get exposed to antibiotics as opposed to being sick.

i had gbs and didn't no with my 1st and he got sepsis on the lungs and had stay in hospital for 2wks and that's because they never tested me with him and i had it antibiotics with my 2nd and she was healthy

I delivered my son after only 1 hr 46 minutes of labor and less than an hour at the hospital. I didnot receive enough of the antibiotics.

Tate tested positive but he did not have any ill effects from itand did not have to spend any extra time at the hospital.

I was induced with my daughter at 36+3 because I was 5 cm and they wanted to make sure I got all the antibiotics. So after I got it all ny water was broke and I delivered Bo 36 minutes later.

I asked for a few reasons. I have not yet tested for it but I'm planning a home birth. I was unsure of what to if I tested positive. If i should stay home or not. I had a homebirth with my first and was never tested at all. I am also allergic to most if not all antibiotics... Every time I've ever recieved antibiotics I have had severe allergic reactions on severals antibiotics until finally going the homeopathic route or letting my body fight te infection itself. I'm lucky to have never gotten a bad infection or illness in my life. If I get the IV I also risk going into anaphylaxis.

f u have a c section you dont need them as it is in the birth canal.. i had antibiotics with both labours as i have GBS, first went great even tho i had to be rushed for an emergency c section then second was natural n only had half of the antis so they had to keep us in for 24hours to make sure my daughter aint contracted it.. if u dont want antibiotics during labour then ul know more or less soon after giving birth if ur child has caught it but i would strongly advice anyone with GBS to have the antibiotics as ul only blame your self if something does go wrong and its not as if having them during labour actually hurts

Quoting JustDucky:" A pregnant woman who tests positive for group B strep and gets antibiotics during labor can feel confident ... [snip!] ... the risk of developing disease than those who do receive preventive antibiotics. This was pulled directly from the CDC site"

thank you!

a baby who DOES get GBS... at MINIMUM is looking at 7 days in the hospital on IV antibiotics. Each time the IV is started.. it takes MULTIPLE sticks to get it. The last infant we had on antibiotics we had to poke 4 times to get the IV going, adn it went bad the next day. (infant IV's rarely stay good long because of the frequent movements, passing baby around etc)... add in daily labs.. more MULTIPLE sticks because of small veins, and frequent blood sugar checks because of IV fluids... why put your baby through this?

then... of course worst case scenario... baby goes septic and dies.

why risk it when you could get a few doses of antibiotics during labor to prevent it?

<blockquote><b>Quoting snglemama:</b>" thank you! a baby who DOES get GBS... at MINIMUM is looking at 7 days in the hospital on IV antibiotics. ... [snip!] ... scenario... baby goes septic and dies. why risk it when you could get a few doses of antibiotics during labor to prevent it?"</blockquote>




Since you seem to be in the mrdicl field would you mind reading my reply two posts up and giving your opinion? I'm curious on my options

Quoting ashley noel [34 weeks!]:" <blockquote><b>Quoting snglemama:</b>" thank you! a baby who DOES get GBS... at ... [snip!] ... seem to be in the mrdicl field would you mind reading my reply two posts up and giving your opinion? I'm curious on my options"

your doctor will have your allergies on file, and will give an appropriate antibiotic.

I'm not familiar with home births though... I'm assuming they have ways to do it with GBS + moms? can you get antibiotics in teh hospital then go home to deliver? I honestly don't know. I know I wouldn't risk no antibiotics. WHen a baby goes downhill.. it happens VERY quickly.

<blockquote><b>Quoting snglemama:</b>" your doctor will have your allergies on file, and will give an appropriate antibiotic. I'm not ... [snip!] ... to deliver? I honestly don't know. I know I wouldn't risk no antibiotics. WHen a baby goes downhill.. it happens VERY quickly."</blockquote>




They do a chlorahexadine (sp?) rinse vaginally every six hours during labor... And also watch for any signs of infection in mom during labor and baby six hours after. Going to the hospital first and getting the antibiotics is also an option buy like I said, I've had a reaction to every antibiotic I've ever tried... Couldn't even begin to count. And don't you have to recieve them every four hours of labor? Because my last was 31 hours long and anticipating this one to be 24+ and I wouldn't want to have to keep going back and back you know? It'd be easier to stay there... Then I am worried about intervention occurring... The hospitals around me are super intervention heavy, and basically force a csection if your labor is over 18 hours... Which mine is basically expected to be. I haven't even tested yet but ugh... I just wanna have a plan in case.