At my local hospital, 2 doses of abx are given 4 hours apart during labor.
If only one dose is given we do CBC with dif on baby for a baseline and
watch. C sec isn't necessary. She may want to consider doing most of labor
in hospital instead of home to be sure she gets at least 2 doses. Baby
isn't automatically given abx. Personally I have observed that most moms
who get one dose have no problems and their baby has no problems. Strep in
a newborn is scarey and can be lethal, but with good protocols followed a
vag delivery is safe.
I hope Dr Wight chimes in here :-)
She might consider going to another OB, who is less prone to do a
c sec. The C sec rate in this country is out of control.
Pat in SNJ
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