#183 | Group B Strep: Screening, Risks, Protocols, Problems and Alternatives

Down to Birth

Cynthia Overgard & Trisha Ludwig

Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum, Midwives, Alternative Health, Home Birth, Society & Culture, Newborn, Documentary, Hypnobirthing, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Breastfeeding, Pregnant, Birth, Maternity, Motherhood

4.8 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

GBS affects approximately one-third of all pregnant women, and involves widespread use of intravenous antibiotics in labor even though the screening tests are known to be highly imperfect, and some women are at significantly greater risk of GBS colonization than others. Further, there are specific risk factors making some babies far more likely to contract GBS than others. This "universal" approach to GBS management is the very start of our deep and detailed discussion on GBS. Cynthia and Tri...

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0:00.0	That's protocol and rhetoric about GBS testing. That's not based on the reality of GBS infection. We know it can come and go. So if a woman really wants to be tested in labor, and especially if it's outside of the five weeks that the test has been shown to be reliable for. To refuse her that is actually negligent care.
0:21.8	It is interesting how very imperfect this test is
0:25.3	and how we're treating it like it's this absolute science
0:28.1	and putting everyone into these boxes.
0:30.3	And there's a lot of flaws on both sides and risks on both sides.
0:35.4	I'm Cynthia Overgard,
0:37.0	owner of Hypnoborthing of Connecticut, childbirth advocate, and postpartum support specialist.
0:42.2	And I'm Trescia Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board certified lactation consultant.
0:48.3	And this is the down-to-birth podcast.
0:53.0	Childbirth is something we're made to do, but how do we have our safest and most
0:57.2	satisfying experience in today's medical culture? Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth. All right, we're finally here, the long-awaited GBS episode, Tricia.
1:14.9	I know it's unbelievable that we are two years into this, just getting to GBS.
1:20.0	We're almost three years into this.
1:21.6	We're approaching the end of season three.
1:24.1	It's just going very fast.
1:25.4	Very, really?
1:26.3	Yeah, yeah.
1:27.3	New Year's is going to be the
1:28.8	beginning of our fourth year and our fourth season. Wow. Three, three, three, four years.
1:33.6	Three full 2020. That'll be 2023. Oh my gosh. And GBS is, uh, it's a very important topic for a few
1:41.0	reasons. First of all, if you're early in pregnancy, you're not thinking about it,
1:45.6	but around 35, 36 weeks, about a third of women are going to be informed that they are GBS
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