Dr says UTI I'm not sure...any advice?

[tellytubby]

Glad to hear you're feeling better!

[nic]

Missy, Just wondering how you are feeling now? Hopefully much better

[missya]

Hi,

Feeling completely wiped out, and still fee like I've been slammed in the back by a truck but it is better.
I went to my own Dr yesterday just to check I should still be feeling like this and she was confused because the wee sample I did last sunday didn't grow a culture as she would expect it too if it was a UTI.
She has given me a script for more antibiotics in case I need them over the weekend (but I'd rather not use it) and she did another urine test and blood test so it's a wait and see game.

Thanks so much for your concern I appreciate it, it seems like one thing after another for this pregnancy and as I have no friends who are going through pregnancy at the moment I feel quite isolated and there is only so much Hubby wants to hear .

Thanks again
Cheers Missy

[NaeNae]

Best of luck missya, have you thought about taking a cranberry suppliment as well? won't do you or the baby any harm and it may assist in keeping those nasty UTI's away.

Nae x

[missya]

Hiya Nae,

Thanks for that! yep I will getting some tomorrow, it's worth trying anything.

Cheers Missy

[briggsy's girl]

Missy - i had an asymptomatic UTI early in pregnancy (i think about 18 weeks) and the culture didn't grow as what happened with you. i had white blood cells in my urine and was actually getting pain in around both my kidney and my liver

i have done a lot of study on microbiology and i don't doubt that i had an infection even though the specimen culture didn't grow - basically, when you're pregnant, you have heaps more cervical mucus and that mucus can actually prevent the bacteria surviving in the wee sample to get to the lab! if you're still having pain, get it checked for sure - it may be that you HAD a UTI that has been treated by the Ab's and the pain you're now feeling cos simply be related to the way your baby is laying (mine appears to have moved posterior today and OMG it hurts!)

keep up the water (lots of), use the cranberry juice (with no sugar added i think you need) or have some ural - i dont find it gross (i use the normal one, not cranberry one) - and once it's all cleared up, take the ural every couple of days to stay on top of keeping your kidneys flushed!

hope you get some relief soon

[missya]

Cheers for that B Girl, I hope the pain was nothing to do with the way the baby was laying because I don't want that pain again! At its peak it was up there with child birth!!
How long did it take for things to settle down completely?

Cheers Missy

[briggsy's girl]

i was at the doctor two weeks after the initial diagnosis and was pretty much ok by then. the pain for the baby on my spine is getting progressively worse during the day. think i might have to have a very serious talk with her later!!