- Any urine infection caused by GBS should be treated by antibiotics straight away. If you have had a urine infection caused by GBS you should also be offered intravenous antibiotics during labour.
- You should also be offered intravenous antibiotics during labour if:
- you have had a GBS positive test, conducted either by the NHS or another accredited laboratory; or
- if you have previously had a baby that was diagnosed with GBS infection.
- If your waters break after 37 weeks and you are known to carry GBS then you should be offered an induction of labour straightaway to reduce the risk of your baby being exposed to GBS. You should also be offered intravenous antibiotics once induced.
- If you are not known to carry GBS but develop signs of infection while you are in labour, then you will be offered intravenous antibiotics. This will be aimed at treating a wide range of infections, including those caused by GBS.
- If your labour starts before 37 weeks, then you will be recommended to have intravenous antibiotics even if you are not known to carry GBS.
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