GBS and Sex

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oceanbaby

Discussion Starter · Jun 18, 2004

I tested positive for GBS a few weeks ago, and am doing a natural supplement routine before I retest next week, at which time I hoping for a negative.

Does anyone know of any reason to not have sex if I am hoping to reverse my GBS positive status? Can dh and I give it back and forth to one another? Could having sex cause it to be pushed up further into the vaginal canal, and cause a higher count?

I haven't read anything about this, but I realllllly want to be negative before I give birth so I don't have to deal with the antibiotic decision.

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Foobar

· #2 · Jun 18, 2004

20% of women have GBS naturally. I assume I always have it since I tested positive in both pregnancies. I don't worry about giving it to DH. The only concern is passing it onto the little one during birth...

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oceanbaby

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jun 18, 2004

I'm actually more worried about him giving it back to me after I have managed to clear it up. I don't even know if this is logical or not, but poor dh has been put on hold for a bit because of it!

(I tested negative for it my last pregnancy.)

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Foobar

· #4 · Jun 18, 2004

ah, I missed that point, Sorry.

Um, I think you probably would be sharing it. I mean, they stick to him and unless he cleans up with soap and water or an antibaterial soap (I tend to avoid these), he'll harbor those wee beasties...

So, I guess other ways of satisfying him are called for if you are trying to get rid of it before your due date....

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plantmommy

· #5 · Jun 18, 2004

Foobar, don't you mean "other ways of satisfying eachother"?

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Foobar

· #6 · Jun 18, 2004

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Originally Posted by plantmommy
Foobar, don't you mean "other ways of satisfying eachother"?

ah, yes, I am stuck in my own libeado hell of wanting sex, but I am so uncomfortable that we haven't in oh, 8 months or so...

There are plenty of ways of satisfying each other. be inventive!

and Don't forget the chocolate syrup!

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rose angel

· #7 · Jun 18, 2004

Would you mind sharing the supplements you are taking?

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Greaseball

· #8 · Jun 18, 2004

I heard that sperm kill gbs for a short time.

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oceanbaby

Discussion Starter · #9 · Jun 19, 2004

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Would you mind sharing the supplements you are taking?

No problem. I am taking:

- 500mg Vit C with Bioflavanoids 2x/day. (Midwife wanted me to take 250mg 2x/day, but I couldn't find 250mg w/Bioflavanoids.)
- 2 capsules of garlic, 3x/day
- 2 capsules grapefruit seed extract, 3x/day
- 2 capsules acidophillus (sp?), 3x/day

If you want specific brand names or strengths, let me know and I'll go look.

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I heard that sperm kill gbs for a short time.

I don't suppose you remember the link to where you read that? I am having a hard time finding any info. Anytime I type the word 'sex' into a search engine I get mainly porn sites.

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Greaseball

· #10 · Jun 19, 2004

Yeah, don't go with the search engines! :LOL

I heard it on a few posts here. Just do a search in this forum for GBS; you'll come up with all kinds of threads.

To get a negative result with dd2 (after a + with dd1) I took 20 drops of grapefruit seed oil, a garlic capsule and extra vitamin C every day. I got the negative, but who knows, maybe it would have happened anyway. I think I had sex the night before the test, or maybe the morning of? And the morning of, I wiped the whole area with tea tree oil.

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Threefold

· #11 · Jun 19, 2004

greaseball, how diluted was the tto?

oceanbaby, where did you find the GSE in capsules? (I only have the drops, which taste like earwax. . .).

I have my GBS next week, am not anticipating a +, as I was - with ds, but would love this info, just in case b/c I will not labor with an iv or a hep lock again (did with ds b/c he was early).

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