Strep B Culture test. Postitive.

[2lilangels]

Hi Ladies. Im pregnant with twins scheduled for c-section in a while but I was still tested for my strep b culture. I tested NEGATIVE when I had it done with my first two children each time. When I was tested with the twins It came out positive. I have not been with anyone but my husband so how can this be. ???? WOndering if anyone has had a similar experiance. The doctor assured me 1 in 4 women get it or carry it, and that if the water breaks I need the antibiotics, I know all the symptoms of what can be passed to your child if you dont have the anti-biotics, Im just baffled! Its NOT an std and dubbed as "strep thraot" in your vagina. So confused! ?????

[2lilangels]

Im sorry but Im not getting snappy, I wasnt even mad, more suprised and taken back by the statement of "not to worry if you and your husband are sleeping around because its more and more common" I think what you said and what you meant were 2 different things. I just know that we are not like that and it was suprising to read.

I did fins out some answers that made a lot of sense. The truth is according to our doctor/surgeon is that Everyone carries it in some part of their lifetime and it comes and goes throughout your lifetime. That people can go years even decades without it showing up and all the sudden have it. It is contagious and does need anti-biotics. Your baby has a great risk of gettting sick  and getting such cold viruses like pnemonia, etc if not treated. And yes you can get it back from your husband and it can be swapped back and forth but it can also go away on its own. I dont know much about a 5 day course of anti-biotics, they dont offer that here since you can get it back. They give an iv drip for the first hour and a half when you come into Labor and Delivery.

[munter]

No need to get snappy i never ment it to sound like i was implying you or your husband were sleeping around all i was trying to state was that it can not be caught from your husband and sleeping around would never be okay with me either. Anyway i'm sorry if you thought i was accusing your husband of sleeping around on you.
As for your question asking if your husband can have it now i'm not sure but my midwife has never told me to tell my husband to get treated for it. I hope my husband doesn't have it because if i've just taken a 5 day course of antibiotics to clear it out of my system and then we have intercourse then wouldn't i just catch it straight back off him? It would seem pointless me taking the anti b's. I must ask my doctor but would have thought they would have told my husband to get treated for it if that was the case.

[2lilangels]

Thanks you all....first of all id like to say to munter...m husband and I are not sleeping around and that would never be okay with me! I dont think he has given it to me or voce versa and like I also stated i know its not an std, im looking to find out why it showed up this time and not the other 2 times if its something you carry and is passed down gentically. Im also having a c-section and dont have to worry about a vaginal delievery. and if I didnt have it before but now i do, does that now mean my husband has it, because I know enough to know if you need antibiotics than it is somthing that can be passed an given to others (hence why you get them for them babies/baby)

[ckeats86]

its nothing like an std....your husband cant give it to you my hunnie dont worry....its nothing to do with him...every woman has a chance of having it...its not something you catch it just happens...and thats why the doctors test every woman for it its the same with the glucose test...just happens and thats it

[munter]

Hi ya, i tested positive with my second child and again with this one. It isn't a STD or anything so don't worry about if you or your husband are sleeping around. Apparently its getting more and more common my midwife told me.
With my daughter i had a coarse of anti b's straight after i got the positive result and when i went into hospital in labour and my midwife broke my waters i was put on an iv drip. Once she was born they took it out.
With this pregnancy they are going to do the same, i've already had a 5 day coarse of anti b's.
It's nothing to worry about. Strep B is something that all women have sitting there in their viginas apparently but it only tends to show its ugly head when you're pregnant. I never worried about it you'll be fine.