Meg is bummed to be on Antibiotics

So I went to my OB today for a normal appointment and my due date is set in stone, December 11, 2009. She pulled out my lab results from last week and wanted to review them with me. I thought this odd because as far as I was concerned all of the tests I did last week were drug tests- oxycodone, hiv, urine drugs of abuse etc. But apparently there were extra tests I did not see, for instance I am syphilis negative (no surprise there) negative for cystic fibrosis (that's good) but I have a bladder infection. Was not expecting to hear that, and instead of normal staph bacteria being the culprit it was strep B. My doctor says that this saves me from having a Strep B test in my third trimester but the news is BAD!

Strep B is present in the vagina, rectum, or GI tract of about 30% of women. It is NOT an STD that can be passed to husbands but it can make babies very sick. Now that I have been found to be positive my pregnancy and birth plan has changed in the following ways.

(Strep B is not the same as the cause of Strep Throat, Strep throat is caused by Strep A).

*When I go into labor/my water breaks instead of relaxing at home until the labor progresses I am to report to the hospital asap for iv antibiotics to be started, they are to be given every 4 hours until the baby is born.

*When the baby is born they are to be repeatedly tested and watched for signs of Strep B infection. (If left un-treated sepsis, meningitis or other such infections can affect the baby)

* To ensure that the baby does not develop an infection the baby and myself must stay an extra day...So on top of all the time spent in labor we must stay 2-3 days following birth for observation.

*The day after the baby is released from the hospital we are to follow up with their pediatrician and for a period of time I have to watch to ensure the baby is not becoming ill.

*This is NOT for my first child ONLY, because I am positive once there is a chance of it returning so the same shenanigans apply for all subsequent deliveries I may have.

The only question I failed to ask today was...can I begin breastfeeding with antibiotics in my system?

I am kind of bummed to get bad news today, and kind of bummed to be put on another medcation for the time being...Pepcid, Zofran, Zoloft, Amoxicillin and pre-natals....(poor baby!)