Thursday, March 21, 2013

week 37; the count down begins


So I went in for the usual this week.
  • Non stress test - everything looked good, no parlor trick needed baby was moving like crazy on its own.
  • Ultrasound - Fluid level was 17 (needs to be between 5-25) but uncooperative in the picture taking area, only pics of the body in general.
  • Appt with Midwife - quick and short; she did tell me that I had tested positive for Group B Strep.
    • Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a type of bacterial infection that can be found in a pregnant woman’s vagina or rectum. This bacteria is normally found in the vagina and/or rectum of about 25 % of all healthy, adult women.
    • Those women who test positive for GBS are said to be colonized. A mother can pass GBS to her baby during delivery.
    • If you test positive for GBS this simply means that you are a carrier. Not every baby who is born to a mother who tests positive for GBS will become ill. 
    • If you test positive then your physician will recommend giving you antibiotics through IV during your delivery to prevent your baby from becoming ill. 
      • My midwife did say that a positive result can come and go, so that is why they wait until you are 36 weeks to test and that the test results are good for 5 weeks. So it covers the labor.

Per all the websites and books when you get to 37 weeks the baby is considered full-term. So you could potentially go into labor at anytime. Which is something that my hubby & coworkers and strangers keep telling me but I don't even want to think that way cuz my luck is that I'll go to my due date if not over.
So we'll just a wait and see.


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