Strep B risks?

[Tegan15]

I had a urine test this week and it came back positive for a bladder infection and that I have strep B.
I'm now 35 weeks pregnant.
I've been given anti's to take now for my bladder infection.
The doctor gave me my options and I was just wondering what other lady's have done in my position.
These are what my options seem to be...
-Do nothing - choose not to have anti iv'd during labour
-If I go into labour have iv'd anti's
BUT my main concerns are what to do with my waters break but I don't go into labour (which is what happened both times with my mum)
-go straight into hospital and be induced and have anti's iv'd
or
-take oral anti's for a day and see if I go into labour myself

The doctor said the oral anti's aren't as effective but couldn't give me numbers...

I'm going through a birting center and if I'm induced I wont be able to have my baby there but I don't know if it's worth putting my baby at risk? Is there a great risk?

[BigRedV]

I thought that the test for strep b wasn't accurate until 36wks? That's what I was told.

I did have strep b AND my waters broke. I had to go into hospital and did start to labour on my own about 2 hours after they broke. They did put in the drip for antibiotics after I got to the hopital and monitored baby for 1/2 hour. I didn't have a problem with them putting in the drip. About 7 hours after my waters broke, they induced me as labour was still going pretty slow and the baby was supposed to be born no more than 18 hours after waters had broken. It hurt like hell but she was born 50 mins after induction. The 2 midwives were shocked at how quick it was, they weren't expecting baby till 6pm and she arrived at 7:40am!!! The hospital did all the checks of my daughter for 48 hours after birth to make sure she was ok and she was :)

[Tegan15]

Yeh they don't normally test till 38 weeks but because I felt like I had a bladder infection they did a urine test and it came back that it was caused my strep b.

[beebs]

I had strep b too. I didn't have the decision that you have to make though as I was overdue and induced anyway -so they gave me the anti bs as soon as my waters broke.

This article says that the risk is 1-2% of a mother passing on the strep b if they don't get the proper treatment.

http://www.birth.com.au/Info.asp?class=6625&page=11