My Pregnancy Video Diary (WEEK 36)
Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a type of bacterial infection that can be found in a pregnant woman's vagina or rectum. This bacteria is normally found in the vagina and/or lower intestine of 15% to 40% of all healthy, adult women. How does someone get group B strep? The bacteria that causes group B strep normally lives in the intestine, vagina, or rectal areas. Group B strep colonization is not a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Approximately 15-40% of all healthy women carry group B strep bacteria. For most women there are no symptoms of carrying the GBS bacteria. FOR MORE INFO: THIS IS WHERE I GOT THE ARTICLE FROM ::: www.americanpregnancy.org
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