Probiotics for GBS? (found in urine)

[ballmom]

I got a call from my OB's office on Fri that the urine culture done at my 8 wk appt came back + for GBS. I am guessing this is what has caused the UTIs I have had in the past (last one was 10/09). They called in an abx for me to take for 1 week, which I am guessing to fight off a UTI or bladder infection if it is starting.

I have done a lot of reading this weekend and I see that GBS in the urine means I have a higher level of colonization which does put me at higher risk. But I also know a + or - result can happen at any time. I have read that adding Probiotics, Vit C and doing the hibiclens wash before delivery can help. Does anyone have a recommendation on a good Probiotic to pick up?

[Tresa]

supplement with probiotics AND eat foods that have natural probiotics in them...yogurt, fermented foods, etc. When you supplement, take it on an empty stomach, before you eat, right before bed, etc.

I've never heard of GBS testing so early in a pregnancy!

[allisonrose]

Subbing because I'm thinking about taking a probiotic supplement as a precaution since I was + in my last pregnancy.

[mistymama]

I was also tested early in my pregnancy - around 6 weeks or so. It makes sense because I had also have a few UTIs in the past year.

I'm almost 34 weeks and have been taking probotics as part of my prenatal program & will see if it makes any difference when they test again.

[hollytheteacher]

I am in the same boat. And it wasn't that they "tested" for GBS...it was that i had a suspected UTI and when they sent out the culture they found the GBS.

Unfortuately, the "protocol" is that no matter what i now have to have the antibiotics at birth...as in, even if my test is negative when they do it at 36 weeks (or whenever the heck they do it) i'll still need the meds

Also, I was put on 2 different antibiotics (the first did not help at all) and it's been a few days since I finished the second round and i'm still having some pain now and then when I pee.

It's annoying and i feel your pain OP.