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Strep throat during pregnancy is not especially dangerous, particularly if you get a diagnosis and start treatment as quickly as possible. Antibiotics like cephalosporin or penicillin that is normally used to treat strep throat are also safe during pregnancy. Most importantly, you need to take care of the fever symptom which could be dangerous for your baby. Fever during the first trimester could prevent your babyâs internal organs from forming.
About 25% of pregnant women carry group B strep in the rectum or vagina. Those women are considered group B strep positive. A woman may test positive at certain times and not at others. Thatâs why itâs important for all pregnant women to be tested for group B strep between 35 to 37 weeks of every pregnancy. pregnant woman who tests positive for group B strep and gets antibiotics during labor can feel confident knowing that she has only a 1 in 4,000 chance of delivering a baby with group B strep disease.