https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 08:51:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gbs-swab-tmi#post-512000 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:02:15 +0000 lolabee 512000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: Oh, I'll definitely be letting my actual doctor know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gbs-swab-tmi#post-511923 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:41:41 +0000 sarac 511923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would complain. Bleeding is certainly not required. Teaching hospitals are such a minefield. I choose to go to one because I love the place, but I'd be ruthless in ejecting a student (or resident!) who wasn't up to snuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gbs-swab-tmi#post-511808 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:19:41 +0000 lolabee 511808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>AH! Exactly as I thought Bees! I was fully thinking it would be a swab around, no biggie. I hope that doesn't happen to anyone else. I think if I had been expecting it to go up there and hurt it wouldn't have been an issue but being taken by surprise was! lol Glad it's over with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gbs-swab-tmi#post-511633 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:47:28 +0000 ladyfingers 511633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Holy hell! No, I got the swab in my vagina, then just around the butt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gbs-swab-tmi#post-511631 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:46:54 +0000 BelugaBean 511631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had it twice and it was just a swab around, nothing went in at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gbs-swab-tmi#post-511622 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:46:09 +0000 JerricaBenton 511622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man! Yeah, mine was definitely just a swipe around the outside. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gbs-swab-tmi#post-511619 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:45:49 +0000 Boogs 511619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>WOW! My OB did a super quick swipe that I barely felt and she warned me before she did it. I'm so sorry that happened to you. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gbs-swab-tmi#post-511614 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:45:05 +0000 prettylizy 511614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eep, mine was just a perimeter thingy, nothing entered anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gbs-swab-tmi#post-511602 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:43:47 +0000 photojane 511602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! No, my swab was all of 2 seconds, and definitely NOT that invasive. I barely even felt it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gbs-swab-tmi#post-511601 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:43:30 +0000 Bao 511601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh wow, I didn't even feel mine...that doesn't sound right though...ouch! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gbs-swab-tmi#post-511598 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:43:15 +0000 Arden 511598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dude! Well, add that to the list of reasons that I have "No residents or students involved in my care, please" written on my forms... lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gbs-swab-tmi#post-511596 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:43:11 +0000 chopsuey 511596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG! I've never heard of it being shoved up the butt!<br /> My OB just swiped.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gbs-swab-tmi#post-511583 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:41:27 +0000 lolabee 511583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had my GBS swab today. I was quite certain that the swab around the um, bum hole was supposed to be just that - around. Well, the resident doctor that did mine decided to jam the swab right up in there, which really hurt and ended up making me bleed! Has this happened to anyone? I'm sure it can't cause any variances in the results but I was definitely shocked! </p>