Our Stories: "L" Names
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Stories by category: 
Mother Tested Positive 
  Prenatal-onset
  Early-onset
  Late-onset
  Recurrent
Mother Tested Negative
  Prenatal-onset
  Early-onset
  Late-onset
  Recurrent
Mother Not Tested or Unknown
  Prenatal-onset
  Early-onset
​  Late-onset
​  Recurrent
Preterm Birth
Mother's Membranes Stripped
C-section
​Mother Infected by GBS
Mother Told GBS Is No Big Deal
GBS Survivors as Young Adults
LAKEN ROGER - USA
Born March 16, 2021

Late-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested Positive
Gestational Age: 37 weeks, 4 days
Age Harmed: 1.5 months old
LAURA — USA
Born December 20, 2006

Early-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested negative
Gestational Age: Full-term
Age harmed: only minutes old
LEAH - USA
Lived January 7, 2013 to January 13, 2013

Prenatal-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested positive
Gestational Age: 36 weeks, 6 days (c-section)
Age Harmed: GBS likely infected Leah before labor started/water broke

Leah's mother is GBSI's Southeast Coordinator and also founded Leah's Legacy with her husband. She shares GBS info at Babypalooza events throughout the State of Alabama and started the Alabama GBS Awareness Campaign.
LEXI — NEW ZEALAND
Born March, 13, 2007

Early-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Not Tested
Gestational Age: 40 Weeks
Age harmed: 1 day old
LIBBY - USA
Lived June 17, 2016 to July 8, 2016

Late-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested positive
Gestational Age: 39 weeks
Age Harmed: 2 weeks old

Libby's mom shares GBS information by word of mouth.
LIBBY - USA
January 2018

Recurrent

Mother's GBS Status: Tested negative
Gestational Age: Full Term
Age Harmed: At birth and 3.5 weeks
LILIAN PAIGE (LILY) - USA
November 15, 2012

Early-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested positive
Gestational Age: 38.5 weeks (c-section)
Age harmed: At birth and 6 days old

Heather's mother makes ribbons and shares with everyone she knows; she also posts the GBS awareness logo.
LILLIAN — NEW ZEALAND
Born January 15, 2010

Late-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested positive
Gestational Age: 38 weeks
Age Harmed: 7 days of age
​LILY - USA
Born March 16, 2014

Early-onset 

Mother's GBS Status: Tested positive at 31 weeks and negative 37 weeks
Gestational Age: Full-term
Age Harmed: At birth
LILY - USA
Born November 18, 2015

Recurrent Late-onset 

Mother's GBS Status: Tested negative
Gestational Age: 39 weeks
Age Harmed: 10 days of age and then 30 days of age

Lily's mother tells her story on Facebook.
LILY EVE — UK
Born March 4, 2003

Early-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested negative
Gestational Age: Full-term (c-section)
Age harmed: newborn
LINCOLN THOMAS HAWKE - USA
Stillborn September 11, 2016

Prenatal- onset

Mother's GBS Status: Not tested
Gestational Age: 27 weeks
Age Harmed: 27 weeks gestation

Lincoln's mother shares her story as much as possible.
LOCHLAN MICHALE - USA
Lived March 31, 2015 to August 13, 2015

Late-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested negative
Gestational Age: Full-term
Age harmed: 4 months, 13 days
LOLA BESS — USA
Lived June 3, 2009 to June 20, 2009

Late-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested positive
Gestational Age: Full-term 
Age harmed: 2 weeks, 3 days old
LOUIE - USA
Born October 13, 2018

Late-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Negative
Gestational Age: Full term 
Age Harmed: 11 days old
LOUIS - ENGLAND
Born May 21, 2022

Late-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Not Tested
Gestational Age: 35 weeks, 2 days 
Age Harmed: 18 days
LUCA - USA
Born February 3, 2019

Prenatal-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Not tested
Gestational Age: 26 weeks
Age Harmed: In-utero
LUCAS — UK
Born July 27, 2007

Early-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested positive
Gestational Age: 41 weeks (c-section)
Age harmed: 15 hours of age
LUCAS — USA
Born August 12, 2019

Late-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested negative
Gestational Age: 38 weeks 
Age harmed: 3 weeks old
LUCAS — USA
Born August 25, 2020

Early-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested negative
Gestational Age: 41 weeks 
Age harmed: 1 day old
LUKE - USA
Lived April 27, 2014 to August 26, 2014

Late-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Not tested
Gestational Age: 25 weeks
Age Harmed: 3 weeks
LUUKAS - LUKASZEK — FINLAND
Born May 30, 2006

Late-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Unknown
Gestational Age: Full-term
Age Harmed: One week of age
LYDIA GRACE - UK
GBS Survivor

Late-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Not tested
Gestational Age: Full-term
Age harmed: 3 weeks