Negative group b strep test?!
Question: Negative group b strep test!?
With my first pregnancy, i tested positive for group b strep, this time around, im 34 weeks and i am negative for it!.!. is this common!? i was thinking that once you had it, you had it and there was no getting rid of it!. Im worried that when its time to deliver, theres going to be problems because i actually DO still have it!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Make your Dr aware that your first pregnancy was positive!. It is not necessarily that it has gone away, just that it is not in high enough numbers to be considered positive, or it may have resolved on its own!.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines are summarized as follows:
Every woman should be tested between weeks 35-37 of gestation with a simple vaginal and rectal swab!.
If she tests positive she should be treated with antibiotics in labor!.
If a woman has tested negative within five weeks of labor, she does not need to be treated in labor, even if she develops risk factors!.
http://pregnancy!.about!.com/cs/groupbstre!.!.!.
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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines are summarized as follows:
Every woman should be tested between weeks 35-37 of gestation with a simple vaginal and rectal swab!.
If she tests positive she should be treated with antibiotics in labor!.
If a woman has tested negative within five weeks of labor, she does not need to be treated in labor, even if she develops risk factors!.
http://pregnancy!.about!.com/cs/groupbstre!.!.!.
Www@Answer-Health@Com