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    Group B Strep

    Archived User
    Oct 06, 2009 03:40 PM


    How does Lamaze/natural labor work or fit for women who test positive for Group B Strep?  Don't they have to be connected to IV antibiotics for at least 4 hours prior to delivery in order to protect their babies?

    RE: Group B Strep

    Henci Goer
    Oct 14, 2009 03:54 AM


    That is the recommendation, but treatment with I.V. antibiotics need not interfere with use of Lamaze techniques, comfort measures, or practices that promote safe, healthy birth.

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