https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:27:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1080407 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:37:45 +0000 pregnantbee 1080407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was GBS+ and labored at home until I was having contractions maybe 3-4 min apart. I got to the hospital and they measured me at an 8, so they hooked me up to an IV immediately. Had baby about 3 hrs later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1080350 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:07:09 +0000 runsyellowlites 1080350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My MW does periodic vaginal rinses (can't remember what they're called). Still able to move as one pleases &amp; birth in the pool. Like @Protectlove: it wouldn't change our homebirth plans &amp; only if I wanted the IV antibiotics would she bring them.</p> <p>Evidence based birth has some info on gbs &amp; birth as well that would be worth taking a read. :)<br /> <a href="http://evidencebasedbirth.com/groupbstrep/" rel="nofollow">http://evidencebasedbirth.com/groupbstrep/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1080341 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:02:37 +0000 cascademom 1080341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tested positive for it. I labored in bed with an IV. My dude made labor fun by being squirmy, so there's no way I could have walked around during it. I had two 4 hour courses of antibiotics. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1080332 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:56:03 +0000 marionberry 1080332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend was GBS positive and able to labor in the tub despite being hooked up to the IV. I'm GBS positive but since I'm having a scheduled c-section apparently it's not really a worry and they just give you one dose of antibiotics whenever you get there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1079633 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:38:13 +0000 Protectlove 1079633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tested positive with my daughter and still had a home birth with no antibiotics. This is a great page for more info on the GBS issue on a whole.<br /> <a href="http://www.homebirth.org.uk/gbs.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.homebirth.org.uk/gbs.htm</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1079501 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:02:34 +0000 MapleMoose 1079501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TJBee: Yes, they said continue to follow the 5-1-1 rule, so labor at home until my contractions are 5 minutes apart, lasting 1 minute, for 1 hour. Like @locavore_mama: said, if my water breaks that's a different story because baby needs to be delivered within 24 hours to prevent infection. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1079467 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:54:56 +0000 regberadaisy 1079467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TJBee: I think the water breaking is the same for ALL pregnant woman. Once your water breaks they want baby out within 24 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1079464 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:54:30 +0000 Adira 1079464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't test positive, but my friend did, and she was still able to go in the tub!</p> <p>ETA: I had to be hooked to an IV for other reasons, but they were able to unhook it so that I could be in the tub for a while and then just hooked me back up once I was out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1079463 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:53:59 +0000 BelugaBean 1079463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was hooked up to an IV and made to lay in bed on one side but that was because I was stressing out about the needle (and thus sending both my heart rate as well as LO's all over the place). </p> <p>When I first found out I was positive, I asked my doctor if I would still be able to walk around and be in the tub. She said they would just put a lock in my hand and they could hook me up to give me the medicine when needed (this also changed because I had to be hooked up to fluids with the heart rate issue). </p> <p>Edit: I was told to come to the hospital when my contractions were between 3-5 minutes for an hour because they wanted to get at least two doses of antibiotics in me before she was born. Because of different circumstances, we only had time for one, and we had to stay at the hospital 48 hours after she was born to make sure she was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1079462 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:53:50 +0000 TJBee 1079462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MapleMoose: They encouraged you to labor at home? My Dr told me the opposite. He said that the minute my water breaks or my contractions are consistent for 1 hour, I need to come to the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1079454 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:52:55 +0000 Andrea 1079454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as @locavore_mama. I still labored at home for as long as I could. I was 7 cm at the first check when I got to the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1079417 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:44:39 +0000 MapleMoose 1079417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 37 weeks and positive for GBS too. Doctor said I'll be hooked up to an IV but otherwise not much else will change. They encourage me to labor at home as long as possible, walk around a lot, and I can labor in the tub if I want in between doses of IV antibiotics. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1079372 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:33:52 +0000 winniebee 1079372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: same </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1079362 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:31:52 +0000 pinkcupcake 1079362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TJBee: I was hooked up to an IV but was free to walk around to encourage labor (water had broken but I didn't progress so needed to be induced about 6 hrs later). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1079335 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:25:33 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1079335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TJBee: I got group B strep and had to be hooked up to an IV and couldn't roam. The reason my nurse gave me was because the IV machine that allows you to walk around was being used by someone else at the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1079314 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:21:33 +0000 regberadaisy 1079314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TJBee: I was attached to the IV as soon as I was admitted but still free to roam. No tub at my hospital so unsure about that one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/positive-group-b-strep#post-1079309 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:20:29 +0000 TJBee 1079309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 37 weeks and just found out I'm positive for Group B Strep. I'm a little disappointed because I was hoping to labor at home as long as possible, but as long as I have a healthy baby, I'll do anything.</p> <p>One quick question: for anyone who tested positive, were you able to go in a tub to labor? Did they try to keep you in bed because of the IV? I'd like all of my options open to be mobile during labor, and I just want to be prepared.</p> <p>Thanks! </p>