Group B Strep (GBS)
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Frequent Utis-- Please Help!
Asked by V.J. from Phoenix
on July 9, 2008
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I'm hoping that someone else may have some experience with this because I'm completely frustrated. I've been having frequent urinary tract infections for the past year...
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- My mom dealt w/ UTI about as often as it sounds like you have them while I was growing up.... she did all the same things you are doing as well. She hardly ever gets ...
- Hi V., I suffered from frequent UTI's for 3 or 4 years when I first got married. I too did all the right things but still seemed to get them. They stopped for awhi...
- Do you have any other health problems? Like diabetes? Do you take frequent baths? Speak with your Dr. and to see what he/she recommends and thinks might be the issu...
Hospital Bag--what You WISH You Had Packed...
Asked by M.R. from Rochester
on February 20, 2011
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...or were VERY glad you did.
I'm expecting my third so it's been 2 1/2 years since I've had to stay in with a baby. I also was just informed that I tested posit...
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- Cleansing wipes for your face or where ever. I wasnt able to get up and shower for a day, so being able to wipe myself down made me fee better until I could shower. ...
- I was SO glad I brought: my own pads, my own underwear (something like boy shorts keeps the pads snug against your body and you dont feel like you're gushing everywher...
- I really wish that I had packed my own towel, even just a little one. Rubbing those industrial-cleaned-might-as-well-be-sandpaper towels on my sore body was like tort...
Help! Induced @ Hospital and Feeling Pressured to Get an Epidural
Asked by A.C. from Los Angeles
on November 27, 2010
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Im 36 weeks and am being induced at the moment b/c my protein levels are high (+3). My blood pressure is normal but goes up off & on. Baby is doing good. So the only r...
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- Good Mommy to be. Question them and be your most powerful advocate. They have to save their butts so they do do a lot of things that really could be avoided if only so...
- You are in charge of this birth. If you do not want one, just tell them no. If your husband is there have him back you up. If you feel like they are not listening to y...
- I wish you the best of luck and a safe, quick and pleasant delivery. I was induced with my son, but the cervical softener did the trick for me. I had my son natura...
Diflucan and Sleep Disruptions?
Asked by C.O. from New York
on December 21, 2009
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Hello,
I am wondering if anyone knows anything about Diflucan.
My 4 month old battled thrush in October and took Diflucan for apx 9-10 days. It was not a bad case, b...
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- I hope is will help you understand what your baby has and not chase the drug. Good Luck Natural Treatment For Infant Thrush Infant thrush can present as a fungal inf...
- Hi C.: Thrush indeed can be very painful because the entire digestive system is compromised. I had a mommy client with twins, who both had thrush. There was a bac...
- usually diflucan is a pretty heavy duty med. surprised that baby was on for 10 days. if nursing, you should have taken a dose as well, so not to give him it again thro...
35 Weeks and Tested Positive for Group B
Asked by T.A. from Salinas
on February 17, 2009
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I had my daughter almost 4 years ago and her and I were healthy. This pregnancy at 8 weeks pregnant had to take antiboc. for body producing too much bateria. Now Im 35...
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- I worked Labor and Delivery. Group B is VERY common. It is a bacteria in the vagina that can pass to the baby during delivery. Mom gets several rounds of antibiotic...
- Its not a big deal either way, as long as you get the antibiotics. Seriously, its super common and really easy to take care of. If for some reason you do go into lab...
- Hi T., Congratulations on the upcoming birth of your 2nd child. Group B Strep is only concerning if you're planning a vaginal delivery. From what my OB told me, Gro...
How Does One Contract Strep-B Virus?
Asked by C.O. from Washington DC
on July 6, 2011
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last month I was diagnosed with Strep-B virus...didn't even have this when I was pregnant! I've been thinking - how the heck did I get that?!
My husband is monogamo...
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- I'm not sure how you get it but I can tell you that with my first child I tested negative for it and for my second I tested positive. My Dr. said that I probably alwa...
- garlic garlic garlic. When I work with women in pregnancy, I suggest garlic cloves into the vagina to eradicate the bacteria. You can also take garlic capsules.
- Yes, strep B lives on/in us - usually w/no problems! It generally takes something else happening to set it off to do anything - like hte body gets really run down w/a...
Strep B Infection
Asked by C.M. from Sioux City
on March 19, 2007
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Has any mother out there had Strep B infection durring pregnancy? Or know anyone who has had it? Well i'm just wondering what exactly it is, i've looked it up on the i...
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- webmd.com is a great site for medical questions. Its ran by leading doctors and is the best source on the net I have found. I have found if you google anything medic...
- Yes, I had strep B during my first pregnacy. I really didn't know much about it before my daughter was born. I remember that my doctor stressed the point of getting ...
- I tested positive for Strep with both of my pregnacys. This means you are a carrier. When you are in labor they will give you an IV of antibotics.If strep is passed to...
Strep Group B
Asked by H.M. from Atlanta
on April 18, 2007
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Has anyone had any experience with Strep Group B.
My sister-in-law called me yesterday very upset that she is 37 weeks and her Strep Group B test came back positive...
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- Group B Strep is extremely common. What will happen is antibiotics will be administered during the labor. My OB told me that out of mothers that are GBS+ only about h...
- hi H.. my sister-in -law had it with both of her children. all they will do is give your sister-in-law iv antibiotics during the delivery so she won't pass it on t...
- Hey H., Tell her to enjoy her wonderful bundle of joy and I am so glad everything went ok for her.
Recovery After Vaginal Delivery
Asked by K.K. from Phoenix
on February 4, 2010
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Hi all, i gave birth to my second daughter with induced labour on her due date. It was vaginal delivery with a tear. I was given two doses for GBS before that and when...
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- Did you have an episiotomy, or did you tear? I had 2 boys, one 19 years ago and one 16 years ago, and they were totally different experiences. My first was induced (by...
- My cousins wife's first baby broke her pelvic bone. You might want to get an x-ray. But she could not walk at all at first. I unfortunately had a c-set. so my stom...
- I think this level of pain is unusual. You need to see your doc right away. My cousin snapped her tailbone durig labor and didn't know til days later....best of luck...
What to Do???
Asked by S.M. from Portland
on April 11, 2007
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I am due tomorrow, this is my second child, still no labor. Plenty of braxton hicks and on the borderline of PIH ( pregnancy induced hypertension) I was induced with m...
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- Start walking! It works believe me. I was induced with my first child and he was born witha grade 3 bleed in his brain. So when they said they were going to induce ...
- i just joined and saw you what to do...i myself have two kids and thought i was going to have to be induce yet again...mine went ok. how did you turn out??? I thought...
- congrats!! i know its hard not getting to do it like you hoped. but the end result is the same lol. congrats on your healthy little baby!
