Group B streptococcus In General

At 9 weeks pregnant I had to go to A&E with very sharp pains in abdomen and groin that didn't go away. They were so bad I thought I was losing my baby. The staff were wonderful and I was seen after only a short wait. They told me that I probably had an ectopic pregnancy. They took swabs etc and I was admitted overnight in case I "crashed" I didn't crash I didn't even have an ectopic pregnancy just a gbs infection and after assurances that my baby was safe and sound and a course of paracetamol and antibiotics were given to me I was sent home and the rest of my pregnancy was uneventful. My notes were marked with big yellow stickers to ...  Read the complete review

Group b Streptococcus (GBS) - I didn't know much about this life threatening disease until i fell pregnant with first child, and had to go hospital with unexplained pains in my stomach, i had a swab taken and the results revealed i had GBS, At first i didn't really know what the infection was and how dangerous it actually can be to newborn babies, so i imeadiantly started reaching the facts and tryed to knowledge myself with it. My doctor rang me the following day and prescribed me some anit-biotics to clear up the infection and also gave me some leaflets to read. He also explalined that because they had found the infections i would need to be put on ...  Read the complete review

What is GBS? Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a common bacterium which is usually harmless in healthy adults and in most pregnancies also causes no problems, but it can cause very serious illness in newborn babies. It is in fact the most common cause of life threatening infection in newborn babies in the UK. Most people are unaware that they carry GBS as carrying it causes no symptoms. It is estimated that around a third of adults carry it in their intestines and about a quarter of women carry it in their vaginas. It is a perfectly normal condition and is one of a number of different bacteria that usually live in our bodies. Once it has colonised the intestines ...  Read the complete review

I recently read in a newspaper about the case of a lady who lost her baby son at birth due to a bacterial infection called Strep B. As I read the article, and also as I am writing this review, shivers go right down my back. You see, when my daughter was pregnant with her second child a couple of years ago she found out (and I will talk about this later in the review) that she had Strep B. Until my daughter?s condition was diagnosed, neither she nor I had ever heard of it. It was not widely publicised at all and I feel very strongly that it should be and that every pregnant woman should be told about it. The lady in question (I will call her Mrs A) was 8 months ...  Read the complete review