Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a bacteria that approximately one in three women carry in their vagina. It can come and go at any time and most women have no symptoms or any health effects. However, GBS can potentially be passed to your baby during birth.

➜ Only 1-2% of babies who are exposed to GBS develop an infection. The most common problems caused by the infection are lung infection, blood infection, and meningitis.

➜ You have a choice to accept or decline IV antibiotics given during your birthing time.

➜ Antibiotics can reduce the risk of passing GBS to a baby, but can also disrupt good flora and affect the newborn baby’s microbiome.