Strep B

I was told today that I have Strep B. What is this? how did i get it?
they gave me antibiotics to treat it, but didnt explain what it was really.
My doctor just told me that it is on 1/3 of the populations skin.
Can anyone help me out?

[jjerzeegirl]

The meds are given to you so your baby doesn't get sick during delivery. I honestly don't know too much about it, but it's not a big deal. It is treatable.
Sorry if I wasn't too much help here...

[jjerzeegirl]

http://www.dhpe.org/infect/strepb.html

there's a bit more info about it there....

[low22]

Anyone can have it and you cna have it when you have one baby but not have it for the next.  I thought it was just a bacteria that was present at certain times.  I didn't get oral antibiotics for it.  They gave me two bags of IV antibiotics before I had my dd.  I had to wait to get the epi until after I had the antibiotics.  I also had to stay in the hospital for 48 hours after I had her so they could observe her and make sure she didn't get it.

[BabyHardiman]

I read you chlamydia (sp?) post today and I see you now post that you have strep B.  I had a friend that was diagnosed with chlamydia several times before they told her she has Strep B.  She claimed they told her they had misdiagnosed the chlamydia for Strep B... I don't know for sure if that is true or not!!

[amandaislost]

thanks, i will look into the mis diagnosis of chlamydia too and see if that is a possibility. It would calm things down here for me, and ease my nerves so i hope that is true.