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Re: infection and stillbirth

From: Katie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 18 Jan 2002 11:51:39 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 17 Jan 2002, anon wrote: >
>please help, i had a stillbirth recently, i delivered a 23week baby girl
>and postmortem report read; normally developed fetus shows intrauterine
>pneumonia associated with acute chorioamnionitis. bacteriology of the
>membranes revealed heavy growth of group b streptococcus. I had been
>unwell ie vomiting and diarrhoea and high temp, my own GP advised "just
>a virus" within a week my membranes had ruptured and i was induced.
>please explain did my waters brake because of strep b or because i was
>unwell.

I am SO sorry for your loss. My first baby was born still at 34 weeks after what is suspected a misdiagnosed rupture of membranes. The cause of death was acute group b streptococcal chorioamnionitis and pneumonitis. They cannot say which came first, the rupture or the infection. Group B Strep can invade intact membranes, weaken them and cause rupture (or it can in a lab setting) OR membranes ruptured for other reasons can put you at high risk for infection.

The docs here may be able to tell you if it's possible the "virus" you had was chorioamnionitis or not. It may be impossible to ever know.

I'm not sure what the protocol is in this forum, but if you need support from someone who has experienced something similar, please check the Group B Strep Association website at http://www.groupbstrep.org

--
Katie

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