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Re: Advice about fever...

From: Rachael (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 19 Jun 1999 17:05:38 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Pat wrote: >
>My friend recently gave birth to a healthy baby boy. There were no
>complications with the delivery, except that he was a good sized baby, 8
>lbs, 4 oz. It was a vaginal delivery. My friend started running a
>fever, as high as 105, two days prior to the delivery & has continued
>some 3 days afterwards. The elevated temps especially occur during the
>night. They have been running tests, but can find no explanation and
>she has no other flu symptoms, etc. The baby also ran a temp of around
>101 for the first day or two, but he is fine now. Any help or
>suggestions you can give would be greatly appreciated. Can the temp or
>antibiotics they are giving the mother directly effect the baby since
>she is breast feeding? The hospital does not want the mother to leave
>until she's gone 24 hours without a fever. She has been there 5 days
>already...

The fact that the baby ran a fever also makes me think it was a GBS or some other bacterial infection passed from mother to baby. I'm sure they've tested for that, though. The good news is the antibiotics are working and mother and baby are fine. GBS infections in mothers are somewhat common during labor and delivery, that is why the nurses take your temperature a million times during labor. Maybe a doctor can give more insight...

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