{"id":292,"date":"2011-05-01T13:47:49","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T17:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pregnanthealth.com\/?page_id=292"},"modified":"2024-02-11T10:30:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T14:30:54","slug":"group-b-strep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pregnanthealth.com\/group-b-strep\/","title":{"rendered":"Group B Strep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Group B Strep\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pregnanthealth.com\/images\/iStock_000015743067XSmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"424\" \/>While you\u2019re in the midst of checking off those last-minute nursery items, don\u2019t forget one task that could be crucial to your baby\u2019s health: your screening for group B strep.<\/p>\n<p>Group B strep lives quietly in the bodies of almost a quarter of pregnant women, often producing no symptoms. Most women aren\u2019t even aware that they\u2019re carriers of this naturally occurring bacteria, but it can have nasty consequences for unborn babies. Group B strep is one of the leading causes of blood infection and meningitis in newborns.<\/p>\n<p>To help keep your baby safe, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that you have a group B strep test performed between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pregnanthealth.com\/twentysecond-week\/\">weeks 35 and 37 of your pregnancy<\/a>. It\u2019s a simple swab test that\u2019s usually part of your prenatal care, but be sure to follow up for your results.<\/p>\n<p>If you do test positive for group B strep, don\u2019t panic! It\u2019s easily treatable by administering IV antibiotics (usually penicillin) during delivery. With this treatment, only 1 in 4000 infants of group B strep-positive mothers develop the disease themselves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Things to Remember about Group B Strep<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\tSmile and relax, and know you\u2019re doing what\u2019s best for your baby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While you\u2019re in the midst of checking off those last-minute nursery items, don\u2019t forget one task that could be crucial to your baby\u2019s health: your screening for group B strep. Group B strep lives quietly in the bodies of almost a quarter of pregnant women,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pregnanthealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pregnanthealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pregnanthealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pregnanthealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pregnanthealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pregnanthealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855,"href":"https:\/\/www.pregnanthealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions\/855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pregnanthealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pregnanthealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pregnanthealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pregnanthealth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}