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ADALYN — AUSTRALIA
Born May 17, 2021

Late-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested positive
Gestational Age: 40 weeks, 6 days
Age Harmed: 16 days
AGNES — USA
Born January 15, 2011

Early-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested positive
Gestational Age: Full-term
Age Harmed: 2 days old

Agnes' mother tells other mothers their story by posting on message boards.
ANTHONY McCLIMON - USA
Born October 14, 2010

Prenatal-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested negative
Gestational Age:  40 weeks, 6 days (c-section)
Age Harmed: At birth, but likely infected before labor started
BAILEY JEAN COGGINS — USA
Lived January 31, 2020 - February 8, 2020

Early-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested Negative
Gestational Age: 36 weeks 6 days
Age harmed: days after birth
BRIELLE MARIE ENTZE - USA 
Stillborn July 22, 2018

Prenatal-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Positive
Gestational Age: 39 weeks
Age Harmed: Stillborn at 39 weeks
CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH — USA
August 30, 2024 - September 13, 2024

Early-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested positive
Gestational Age: 40 weeks, 3 days
Age Harmed: 5 days old
CILOU - BELGIUM
Born December 8, 2021

Late-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested negative
Gestational Age: 39 weeks 
Age harmed: 2 weeks
ELLA ROSE— CANADA
Stillborn May 27, 2018

Prenatal-onset

Mother's GBS Status:Tested positive 
Gestational Age: Full term
Age Harmed: In utero 39-40 weeks ​
ELLIE — USA
Stillborn March 15, 2015

Prenatal-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested negative
Gestational Age: 4o weeks, 6 days
Age harmed: 40 weeks, 6 days
FIADH — IRELAND
Born September 11, 2020

Early-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Not tested
Gestational Age: 40 weeks, 5 days
Age harmed: 2 days old
FREDDY FRANK - AUSTRALIA
Born January 21, 2020

Late-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested negative
Gestational Age: 42 weeks
Age Harmed: 7 days old
HADLEE RAE — USA
Born March 3, 2022

Early-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested negative
Gestational Age: 39 weeks
Age harmed: During labor
HANNAH NOELLE MACDONALD — USA
Stillborn February 3, 2003

Prenatal-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested positive
Gestational Age: 41 weeks
Age Harmed: Unknown
​KYLA - NEW ZEALAND
Stillborn March 7, 2014

Prenatal-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Not tested
Gestational Age: Full term
Age Harmed: During labor process
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
MATTHEW — USA
1973

Early-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Not tested
Gestational Age: 40 weeks
Age Harmed: At birth

MILA REIGN - USA
Lived July 4, 2016 to August 11, 2016

Late-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested positive
Treatment: IV antibiotics during labor & delivery
Gestational Age: Full term
Age Harmed: Five weeks of age
NOLA RANI PATERSON - USA
Lived May 6, 2008

Prenatal-onset
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Mother's GBS Status: Tested positive
Gestational Age: Full term
Age Harmed: Before labor began​

Nola's parents try to increase awareness among women they know are pregnant and give GBS brochures to her mother's OB/GYN office.
RAGGI — USA
Born October 2008

Unharmed

Mother's GBS Status: Tested positive
Gestational Age: 39 weeks
Age harmed: Was luckily unharmed
ROSE PERHACH - USA
Stillborn July 1, 1998

Prenatal-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested positive
Gestational Age Harmed: 39 weeks, 3 days
Gestational Age Delivered: 39 weeks, 4 days
SANTIAGO NICHOLAS— USA
June 26, 2018- July 2, 2018

Early-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Tested Negative
Gestational Age: 38 weeks, 4 days
Age harmed: 1 day old
ZIDAN — SOUTH AFRICA
December 6, 2021

Early-onset

Mother's GBS Status: Not Tested
Gestational Age: 39 weeks
Age Harmed:  7 days