hi everyone!
well, all is going fantastically and im really enjoying my pregnancy now all the worry is over, just had my O'sullivans blood test and am confident all is cool there nad been to my 1st Ante Natal class which i really enjoyed and could have stayed at all day talking baby to people who dont get bored with talkin baby!
But a conversation came up there ( no pun intended!) about the strep B screening, or ANAL SWAB OH NO, do i really have to go through this!!! has any body else had this done and how was it??????? i feel like a bloody piece of meat already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how lucky i though i was missing out on the internal scan!!!!

I haven't had it done myself yet (still a little early) but from what I've read on other girls experiences it's not that bad. Apparently they just take a small swab from the outside area. Still embarrassing, but not as bad as it could be!

i wish they did that here as routine cause its a dangerous virus to pass on to baby. iknow it will be a horrible test to have done. over here you
can do it your self if you prefere and send the results to a lab maybe thats ok to in spain to you should find out.

Like Vickie said, its not at all that bad. Its over in a few seconds . Its usually not done here until 34 weeks+. Don't worry hon, I'm sure you'll do fine

You don't have to have it done. I don't know if they do it as a routine part of your care in Spain. I know they don't in the UK or France. You can turn it down but it's a good idea to have it done if you can. It's better to know if you're a carrier after all rather than take the risk.

It's nothing to worry about. They don't poke the swab far up there. I think it's something like 1cm so really close to the outside and it won't hurt. You just have to relax. They take one from your vagina too.

I had one when I went to L&D 2 weeks ago. It really isnt bad - the just take 2 qtips and touch 1 to the outside of your vagina and one touches your anus. It doesnt hurt and takes less than 2 seconds. Nothing at all compared to having fingers/speculum/etc shoved up the hoo-haw!

Star

Gosh, I've never heard of that and I have two children!

I had this done with my first pregnancy, and even though you know they're going to do it, it takes one second and you'll hardly notice that they did anything, I promise! It is really important to do since Strep B can be really bad for baby if you have it. It's no biggie!

I've had it done at my last visit (34 weeks) I was so scared, but it turned out to be nothing really! Just the tip of a swab at the entry of your vagina and anus, it's over within 10 seconds!! Plus, it's safer for baby!

Don't worry about it too much

eeek, never heard of this before. never had it... don't really fancy it either