my 2nd positive test result

in pregnancy, the only time you want a positive test result is the actual pregnancy test (assuming you want kids!). i've been fortunate until now that all of my test results have come back negative...gestational diabetes, std's, triplescreen marker, urine analysis, blah blah blah. today i found out that i'm group b strep (gbs) positive.

"Between 10 and 30 percent of pregnant women carry GBS bacteria in the vagina or rectal area, where they may pass it to their babies during labor or birth. With proper prenatal testing and treatment during labor, though, the risk is small.Without treatment, one or two out of every 200 babies born to "GBS positive" mothers would become infected with the bacteria and develop what's called early-onset GBS disease. The consequences can be very serious.GBS disease can cause sepsis (an infection in the blood), pneumonia, and meningitis in newborns. Some of these babies, particularly those with meningitis, will have long-term health problems such as hearing or vision loss, cerebral palsy, or developmental disabilities, and about 5 percent won't survive.

While this sounds really scary, the good news is that getting screened when you're between 35 and 37 weeks of pregnancy and receiving antibiotic treatment during labor if you test positive will greatly reduce your baby's risk of becoming infected. "

so once my water breaks or i go into active labour, i have to go to the hospital and get an injection of antiobiotics to protect the baby during the birth. ugh. and depending how long labour goes, i'll need to get a dose every 8 hours, so that means i'll have a tube-thing stuck in my arm :P I AM SCARED SH*TLESS OF NEEDLES AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THEM! you'd think after all the tests i've had done, i'd be used to it by now. go figure :P

on slightly happier note, my belly's growing nicely, ironically enough i've lost 2 pounds this week, and baby still hasn't dropped completely, so there's minimal chance of going into labour before p&g's wedding :-) yahoo!