EBB 254 - Evidence on Group B Strep in Pregnancy

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

Pregnancy, Health & Fitness, Childbirth, Parenting, Birth, Medicine, Kids & Family, Doula, Obstetrician, Midwife

4.6 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we bring you the Evidence on Group B Strep in Pregnancy, in anticipation of the research update to the Signature Article on Group B Strep in Pregnancy.

This is Part 1 of a 2-part series. In today’s Part 1, we’ll be talking about:

The evidence on GBS during pregnancy
The evidence on testing for GBS
The evidence on antibiotics, including the pros and cons of giving antibiotics during labor for GBS.

Content Warning: GBS-related stillbirth, infant death, critical illness of newborns, antibiotics, disparities, access to health care.

References and Resources:

For a full list of scientific references, see the blog post that goes along with this episode here.
Find the CDC GBS Prevention App for Obstetric Providers here
Find the ACOG GBS Prevention Guidelines here
Listen EBB 87: Cristen Pascucci on How to Disagree on Birth Topics Respectfully! here
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0:00.0	Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk about the evidence on group
0:04.4	b strep during pregnancy.
0:10.0	Welcome to the evidence-based birth podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse with my PhD and the founder of Evidence
0:17.1	Space Birth.
0:18.3	Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based information into the hands of families and
0:24.1	professionals around the world. As a reminder, this information is not medical
0:28.8	advice. See EBBirth.com slash disclaimer for more details.
0:36.0	Hi everyone and welcome to today's episode of the Evidence-based Birth
0:39.5	Podcast. My name is Dr. Rebecca Decker, pronouns she her, and I'll be your teacher for today's episode.
0:46.0	Today I'm so excited to bring you some brand new evidence-based information to you about Group B.
0:52.0	Strup during pregnancy.
0:53.7	This is the first EBB Podcast episode where we're focusing on Group B. Strep, and we're doing this
0:59.2	in anticipation of the launch of our
1:03.7	launch of our signature article on Group B. Strep, which will be updated in the next few weeks.
1:06.7	Our original signature article on GBS was published back in 2014 and last updated in
1:12.3	2017. So today I'm sharing with you the result of doing a
1:16.0	ton of research in preparation for the 2023 update. So this episode is part one of a two-part series. In today's part one we're going to
1:26.1	talk about the evidence on groupie strep during pregnancy, the evidence on
1:30.2	testing for GBS, and the evidence on antibiotics including the pros and cons of giving antibiotics during labor for
1:36.6	group B strep.
1:38.1	In part 2, which will come out in episode 257 airing on March 1st, 2023, we'll switch gears a little bit and talk about the
1:45.9	evidence on alternative treatments for Group B. Strep and will also answer a ton of your questions
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