In a message dated 4/27/01 9:04:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> Personally......I'm quite happy to sign a waiver and refuse the antibiotics.
> I don't like antibiotics used before they are needed.  I prefer to monitor a
> baby's temperature and watch for the telltale drop in temp you'll see with
> GBS before the infection sets in.  But then of course we open a whole
> 'nother
> can of worms with the time that would take to monitor a baby's temp hourly
> for the first couple of days.  Not something a nursery staff is happy to do.
> Not something I mind doing in the comfort of my home.  :)  We're nursing
> anyway.
>
> Cheryl Taylor White
> Oklahoma

I have a question on this. I'm step +. With my last baby, I was told by the
midwives that the procedure is to give introvenous antibiotics during labor.
SO, I did. IF you were to not have antibiotics and instead monitor baby's
temp after birth, and the baby does develop a fever (strep b infection)
aren't things really dangerous? IN other words, for my next baby, would I be
taking a huge risk if I were to turn down the antibiotics during labor or is
the baby completely safe as long as the infection is caught immediately?

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