Re: 32 week PROM Recent Herpes outbreak 30182261 - HOT SILVER METALLIC HOBO P...

From: Kaycnm@aol.com
Tue Jan 18 13:48:34 2005


Garry wrote:

Sounds like you are between a rock and a hard place.

You need to (gasp) educate your Ob. That said, he/she may find it easier to give antibiotics than to fight city hall (i.e. the L and D nurses).

Garry

I've just conducted a mini survey among several doctors and midwives and the consensus is that everyone DOES give antibiotics in this case. The reasons are

1. The beta-strep is often positive.

2. There's no harm in giving penicillin.

3. The pediatricians will treat the baby as a positive baby and will order all lab tests including blood cultures, mandate a 2 day stay and will start antibiotics with any slight deviation from normal.

--
Kay Johnson, CNM
Atlanta, GA
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"Life is too important to be taken seriously."
Oscar Wilde
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