There is One detail I often forget, Dear Readers, and that is to take a before picture when I start to work on any project that has been languishing for a while. I wrongly assume that I will be able to find a picture somewhere in my archives that shows just where I was when I stopped working on the project.
Women who are planning on becoming pregnant or who are pregnant should be tested for HIV as soon as possible. The womanâs partner should also be tested. The March of Dimes recommends that all women of childbearing age who may have been exposed to HIV should be tested before becoming pregnant.
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.here are 2 cornerstones to preventing newborn early-onset disease: testing all pregnant women for group B strep bacteria late in pregnancy, and giving antibiotics during labor to women who test positive for the bacteria.