FAQ's and Links
2002/07/04
Added Update to Notice regarding the upcoming change in the CDC guidelines on the Main page .
Added Notice of Group B Strep Awareness Month in July and Plan of Action on the Main page .
Added Jesse Cause Group B Strep Ribbon to the Main page .
Added Random Poll and to the Main page .
Added Alternatives and Homebirth pages to the Main page
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2002/03/25
Added Notice regarding the upcoming change in the CDC guidelines on the Main page .
Added a new page with an Previous GBS Baby from Lisa Porter to moms who are expecting after a previously infected baby.
Added a new link to the Jesse Cause GBS brochure . This site has a list of newborn symptoms.
Removed the Nav Bar link to Midwife Archives on GBS . This page is still linked on the Resources/News page, but has been removed as a main link due to the unreliability of the information. This link will be displayed only with a caveat on this site regarding the reiability and accuracy of the information.
Put the in-site links in a more prominent place on the main page titled Mom to Mom . These links are not written by medical professionals, but answer some of the more common questions asked by moms.
2001/12/24
Refined the wording on the Group B Strep Positive page.
Added a new page with an Open Letter from Lisa Porter to GBS+ moms who may be frignened by the knowledge of their GBS status.
2001/11/14
Added a link to a page of Canadian Resources on Group B Strep to the Resource/News page.
Added the following links to the Resource/News page
National Centre for Streptococcus -Canada
The Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada - Group B Strep
Group B streptococcal Resources from MatWeb
Group B Strep from The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Manitoba
Canada Communicable Disease Report - Volume 22-6, 15 March 1996
Canadian Medical Association Journal 2001;164(4):479-85
Paediatr Child Health 1999;4(7):465-469
Paediatr Child Health 1999;4(4):257-263
2001/10/30
Added new Medscape Article to Resources/News page Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease , Tamara Walker, MD, Benjamin Estrada, MD, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Infections in Medicine, Infect Med 18(9):419-427, 2001. © 2001 Cliggott Publishing Co., Division of SCP/Cliggott Communications, Inc.
Added an Alternative Remedy section to the Resources/News page with links to Gloria Lemay's Holistic Approach and
GBS and Homebirth - Notes from Midwifery Today
2001/08/01
Changed the links for the Ivillage page to one ParentsPlace repository .
Added the ivillage logo to the Resource/News page.
Changed the format of the Add a Link option on the Resource/News page
2001/07/28
Added Bravenet's What's New Email Notification for changes to this page.
Added Bravenet's Free for All Links for visitors to add their own GBS related link to the Resource/News page.
2001/07/26
Redesigned the Navigation bar. Added What's New. Removed Geocities GBS Links page.
2001/07/17
Added sources to GBS in the Urine FAQ . Added Interventions/Inductions Page.