I've cross-posted this in the Pregnancy forum.
I'm 30 weeks pregnant. I had several diagnosed utis in the first few months of pregnancy which were treated with ABs, with varying degrees of success.
Since then I have had a constant feeling of having a mild uti. My symptoms are: discomfort in/outside of urethra which feels worse in the morning and for 15 minutes or so after weeing, and frequent urination during the day and night. I am drinking litres of water per day, which does help- I find that if I don't drink water constantly then the discomfort is worse- I guess because it dilutes things.
I was seeing a hospital consultant for a few weeks about this problem, during which time I had a kidney scan which showed nothing untoward, and my urine is being sent off for screening regularly now I am back under midwife led care. But no infection has been found for several months now.
I never experience severe pain, just feel uncomfortable and very aware of things down below much of the time. But it is affecting my sex life, and making me feel quite desperate, particularly when I spend all morning every morning wincing and needing the loo constantly.
I've been taking cranberry extract, and have virtually cut out caffeine (and alcohol of course, though had done that anyway), though I tend to have one cup of tea a day. I don't use perfumed products in my bath and always wear cotton pants. Has anyone else experienced this sort of thing? Was it just in pregnancy or did it continue afterwards? Do you have any other advice to relieve these symptoms? I'll try anything... cutting certain foods out, diet, whatever...
Thanks in advance.