The GBS test is negative

We just got the Group B strep (also called GBS or Beta strep) results, and they are negative (good!). GBS is a type of bacteria found in the vagina in about 15% of women without symptoms. It is not an infection in the mother, and does not require treatment before labor.
A mother with group B strep who is not treated with antibiotics during labor has the potential of passing the bacteria on to her baby as the baby passes through the birth canal. Newborns do not fight infections well, and GBS in the newborn can be very serious, causing pneumonia, meningitis and blood poisoning and death.
Without the negative results, the standard protocol here is to give antibiotics IV during labor. Many people do not test for this unless there are additional risk factors (I do not think in Israel they test for it at all) - however it is better to test it, because if we end up in hospital, without this negative test they would have put Colette automatically on antibiotics and she does not want it.