> #2 Just to save me from looking it up (yes, I'm being lazy), but is b-strep a STD? Is there any other way that a woman can commonly "acquire" it? I usually talk with the newly delivered breastfeeding mom about watching for possible yeast if she is positive (and she's usually being treated with AbX) > > Thanks! > > Teriann Shell, Big Lake, Alaska B-strep can be an std, it can also be just riding around symptom-free in the guts/bowl/colon, along with e-coli and some other baddies, and can move to the birth canal with any "back to front" toilet, bath, or sex practices. Always "front to back", never "back to front", and with toilet tissue, it is "front to back and drop", never fold and wipe again with the same tissue. More info on gbs is here http://gentlebirth.org/archives/gbs.html Corrine Las Vegas *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html