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Preventing GBS

post #1 of 8
10/26/10 at 7:34pm
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Hiya! My GBS test is in 2 weeks (yeah, totally snuck up on me). I don't want to do anything too drastic but I'd like to reduce the odds of having a GBS infection. What can I do?
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post #2 of 8
10/26/10 at 11:14pm
You can eat rich probiotic foods like kefir, raw yogurt, fermented veggies and take a high quality probiotic. 2 weeks is a short time though to up your good bacteria count to over take the bad ya know. Are you having a home birth?
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post #3 of 8
10/26/10 at 11:29pm
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No but I still want to avoid the antibiotics anyway. I'm already on one kind for a kidney infection I had at 23 weeks. I don't really know where to get raw yogurt though... I'm not even sure if its legal to sell around here (I know raw milk and raw cheese are illegal).
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post #4 of 8
10/27/10 at 7:14pm
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No but I still want to avoid the antibiotics anyway. I'm already on one kind for a kidney infection I had at 23 weeks. I don't really know where to get raw yogurt though... I'm not even sure if its legal to sell around here (I know raw milk and raw cheese are illegal).
I would get on a probiotic asap then! Texas has tons of resources for raw dairy. Go to www.realmilk.com
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post #5 of 8
10/28/10 at 11:27am
I would do Hibiclens. This page lists the protocol for use before your GBS test and for during labor: http://www.drmomma.org/2009/09/chlor...tocol-for.html
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post #6 of 8
10/28/10 at 11:50am
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No but I still want to avoid the antibiotics anyway. I'm already on one kind for a kidney infection I had at 23 weeks. I don't really know where to get raw yogurt though... I'm not even sure if its legal to sell around here (I know raw milk and raw cheese are illegal).
You don't need yogurt made from raw milk, just don't cook the yogurt - that would kill the yogurt bacteria. You want yogurt with live cultures. Most yogurts you buy in the regular grocery store are fine - read the side of the carton for "live" or "active cultures" if you're not sure.
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post #7 of 8
10/28/10 at 11:59am
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Oh, lol. I didn't know anyone would cook yogurt!
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post #8 of 8
10/28/10 at 12:30pm
My midwife for my second pregnancy had me do garlic and acidophilus suppositories for about a week before the swab. You can get them at health food/supplement stores, they come with an applicator etc so nothing like stringing your own clove of garlic or anything like that It sounds icky but wasn't that bad, really - I put one in before bed each night, washed away in the shower in teh morning. I was positive with my first child (did nothing to prep for the test) but tested negative with the second (no saying whether the suppositories actually worked, but hey, I got my negative!! I will probably do them again this time, I think)
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