<p>I have Group B Strep as well. With my last pregnancy, I made it the hospital with minutes to spare. My daughter was born about 15 minutes after my husband wheeled me into labor and delivery (most of that time with me trying not to push while waiting for a doctor to get there). Everything turned out totally fine, but it was a little traumatic because of the Group B Strep. They're supposed to give you medication to prevent the baby from contracting it, but it takes at least an hour to take effect (and it was clear I wasn't going to make it anywhere near that long). While I was struggling not to push I heard then nurses whispering to each other saying things like, "Should we even administer it? That way we could put it on the chart." I made them tell me what they were talking about and they explained the situation. They ended up not giving it to me since it would have been pointless. There were 2 negative consequences of me not making it to the hospital in sufficient time. The first was that immediately after my daughter was born, instead of having the peaceful skin-to-skin bonding session that I'd had with my previous child, they let me look at her for a minute, then took her away 10 feet to draw blood from her for 30 minutes. I think it all came from her heel and she was wailing the whole time breaking my heart. (Also, in the end, they didn't get enough to do the test, and had to do the whole process again a few hours later.) The second negative outcome was that we had to stay in the hospital an extra night to wait for the results that would confirm she didn't have Group B Strep before they would discharge her. That was only bad because I was eager to go home and be with my first child who I had never been away from for more than a few hours.</p>
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<p>Anyway, she didn't have Group B Strep and was the sweetest baby in the whole world despite her horrible first half hour of life, so it wasn't really a big deal. However, if anyone else has this, I highly recommend getting to the hospital as soon as you think you might be in labor. It's what I'll be doing this time around.</p>
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<p>Also, regarding the UTI, I've heard that blueberries are also effective and much more palatable than cranberries in my opinion.</p>