I am 23 weeks pregnant and have tested positive for Beta strep. She has assisted at over 1,000 births and is currently teaching in the nurse-midwifery program at the University of Minnesota. Fifteen to 20 percent of all women carry this bacterium, usually in the vagina or rectum, with no symptoms. It is quite common and causes no harm to you, but has major effects on a pregnancy and baby. Although maternally transmitted antibodies protect most infants, more than half of the cases of newborn infection are in term neonates.
Treatment involves Ampicillin, penicillin G or erythromycin.
I hope you will be treated and rechecked closer to term or in labor. I'm glad you've found out about this in advance. Too many couples discover beta strep when their baby gets sick after birth. Thank you for the inquiry. Watch kids controlling behavior of breath holding.