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UTI in pregnancy nightmare

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LilacBump · 02/01/2006 15:02

i am now 17 weeks pregnant. due to a kidney abnormality i am very prone to UTIs. i had many as a child that were neglected and my right kidney is badly scarred. i had a UTI in early november which was treated with anti-biotics. i had bad pain in my side and back then. since the 21th of december i have now had horrible pain again and was treated with anti-biotics and a urine sample confirmed i had an infection. christmas and new year were pretty wrecked because i was in such agony. now i am on my second course of anti-biotics (stronger and different ones) as the first lot didn't get rid of the pain at all and it is now just getting a lot worse. i have two days left to take on this course and then have to hand in a sample again to get it tested. the pain is so bad, especially when i walk around. i don't know what to do. should i go back to the doctor today or wait and see and bear the pain for now?

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PrettyCandlesAndTinselToo · 02/01/2006 15:19

Sorry to hear this. I too had many UTIs in childhood because of a kidney problem, but was lucky and suffered no long-term effects. I remember the agony though.

IMO, as you are pregnant you should go to the doctor if you are in such distress. A pregnant woman shouldn't be left in pain. Is there any possibility that you have a kidney stone? I don't remember pain in my back or side during a UTI.

mommie · 02/01/2006 15:34

i had UTIs throughout pregnancy - total nightmare. In an emergency, i would got to the a and e for antibiotics, and try and keep some back for emergencies. my docs was useless because they kept on sending off samples that would take 3 days to analyse, leaving me in agony in the meanwhile. there are some herbal remedies, but i don't know which work. health visitors normally do however.

sallystrawberry · 02/01/2006 15:39

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LilacBump · 02/01/2006 15:42

thankfully my GP just gives me anti-biotics when i mention i have any UTI symptoms. i was told by the consultant in the hospital that they considered giving me anti-biotics to keep at home and to take as required, but they didn't go through with that idea. i am now being monitored by having a urine sample tested every month during pregnancy.

i did think of kidney stones, but i just have pain on my side/back, not lower down. and no blood in urine either.

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PrettyCandlesAndTinselToo · 02/01/2006 15:50

When you have UTIs and are not pg, do you get the same pain? It's possible that the pain is nothing to do with the UTI.

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LilacBump · 02/01/2006 15:56

when not pregnant i do get the pain sometimes with UTIs. i did once years ago turn out to be muscles rather than kidney pain. the pain is also only on one side (right, where the abnormality and scarring is).

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LilacBump · 02/01/2006 15:57

IT did, not i did

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mummy2jake · 02/01/2006 16:28

hi lilacbump i had exactly the same problems as you reaccuring UTI`s when younger which was led to kidney shrinking and scaring which gave me high blood pressure then when i became pregnant at 21 the problems really began i would like you get bouts of pain which would make me cry they were so painful each time i was told to go to hospital to get checked out and was given anti-biotics each time i was already under consultant at hospital for the blood pressure and extra scans this carried on until i was about 6monthspregnant then they had to keep me in to give me anti-b through a drip then the last 2months were nearly all spent at hospital due to infection/high blood pressure.
sorry to ramble on just thought i would share my experience with you

PrettyCandlesAndTinselToo · 02/01/2006 16:31

You know what your insides feel like, IYSWIM, and whether a pain is 'right' or not, but I think you should see your GP sooner than the end of the course. If the abs were working I think you would not expect still to be in pain from the UTI at this stage of the course. If it's really bad, or getting worse, then go to A&E. Have you been booked into a hospital yet? During pregnancy you can - and should - use the labour ward as A&E. I did this when I had unexplained pain.

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LilacBump · 02/01/2006 17:31

mummy2jake, thank you for sharing your experience. i'm sorry to hear you were so ill to have be admitted into hospital. though, it is actually good to know i am not the only one who has gone through this. i had no trouble with UTIs when pregnant with DD.
i will definitely go to a&e or the emergency doctor if it gets worse.

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LilacBump · 06/01/2006 11:45

just an update...
now after two courses of anti-biotics i am still in a lot of pain and a sample has confirmed i still have an infection.

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