whats the strep test everyone is taking around 35 weeks? and what do you have to do?

they stick a cotton swab on the outside of the butthole

for what purpose exactly? lol @xoxo512070

You don't have to do anything. The doctor swabs a cotton outside of anus and vagina as well to test for the bacteria. I actually just found out today that I tested positive 😔

@oklahoma.girl55, to test for a type of strep, I believe if you have it then you need antibiotics during delivery, im not 100% sure I dodged it this last pregnancy because I was having a planned c-section

to see if you have group b strep, a bacterial infection that can be passed to baby while he's moving through the birth canal, they give you meds in your IV during labor. Its nothing bad, about 25% of healthy pregnant women are carriers, just means you have more bad cells than good @oklahoma.girl55 I testes positive for it at 28 weeks and 35 weeks. my sons perfectly healthy! @juliannap its okay! nothing you could have done to stop it!

the strep test is used to make sure you don't have a certain strain of the strep bacteria that can cause neonatal meningitis. if you test positive for the bacteria (which can happen because this type of strep can be found in the vagina sometimes) then you will be given antibiotics to get rid of it. don't worry too much though momma, it's very easy to get rid of and I see it all the time in the lab (I'm a lab tech)

ah okay when i think of strep i think of your throat not your butt lol but okay makes sense. i know nothing about any of the tests im supoose to take from here on out im 31 weeks and just now doing my glucose because i was moving when i was supoose to take it so i learn something new everyday! @juliannap @xoxo512070 @nichole_lynn

@oklahoma.girl55, from what i understand its not a terrible test to take, they swab both areas

I had it done when I had hemorrhoids lol god that hurt but other than that it shouldn't it's less than 30 sec.