UTI has not been properly diagnosed? Please help!

[Cosmo89]

I'm really sorry to ask for symptom swapping but I'm at a loss here. I really don't know what to do. I think I have a bad UTI but GP says not.

I had a normal urine test at my 16 week appointment at the beginning of Jan. The dipstick test returned positive for leucocytes so my urine was sent for analysis. Three weeks later I get a letter saying that my sample was mislabelled and that, if I had symptoms, I should go to the GP for another test because that one was null and void.

I WAS having quite severe symptoms (and I am quite used to the whole pregnancy/bladder issues by now, I know what is normal for me): I had a sudden overwhelming urge to pee, without there being much/any water to pass; I had a constant feeling of needing to go to the loo; I had pains in the right side of my abdomen; I was leaking pee (nice).

So I had the test last week and in the meantime the dr gave me 3 days of antibiotics to ensure I was ok.

The test came back negative for UTIs but I am still having pains in my abdomen (sharp pains on the right side) and still the sudden urge to pee (but not as bad as it was).

The pains are bad, getting quite uncomfortable, and happen when I walk, sit down, stand up - though they are not quite constant. I'm quite sure that the baby is ok as I had my 20 week scan this morning and everything was fine.

Is it possible that a UTI hasn't been picked up? I'm a tiny bit worried I'm developing a full blown kidney infection from a missed UTI. I'm probably overreacting but it does worry me.

If not - any ideas what it could be? The dr couldn't suggest any cause. It might be constipation and wind pains (I had lentils last that might not have agreed with me) but I KNOW I had a UTI infection when I provided the sample and I am astonished it came back negative; that it seemed to get much better with the antibiotics only seems to confirm things for me.

Thanks for reading; I'd really appreciate any hand holding. I'm really worried about this, as I'm leaving home for 2 months tomorrow. I'm going within the UK so I will be able to register with a temporary GP but I'd like any advice about what I could do and what it could be as I don't feel that I'm being taken very seriously. Of course, I may be identifying a general pregnancy malaise. I am 21 weeks and he is growing quickly but I just have a feeling something isn't right.

I would contact your antenatal assessment unit - most areas have some sort of day unit. Explain your symptoms to the MW, tell them you've definitely had a UTI and that you think you still have it, and take a sample. Our DAU have their own machine for testing urine so can confirm what's present in it, I would assume that others do too.

weird i had same thing. my urine dip test came back as positive they sent off and it came back as negative. was told the dip test was oer sensitive to preg women. i kept getting shooting pains in vag and needing to pee but v little coming out, the urine was so cloudy too. this was about week 15. it did settle down and go away. the dr told me the urine of preg women can be cloudy and weird as lots of minerals etc being explelled so its not like your normal wee. still saying all of that i would get 2nd test done to be sure.

hi cosmo it is worrying for us isn't it. can you get some cranberry caps, start taking them tomorrow. They help to stop germs/baddies attaching to the bladder and have been shown to be effective. I take one every other day as prevention but you could take one every day for a few weeks. Boots own is quite a strong one which I am taking. I would go and get another test, but your pains could be ligament pain, I too have sharp pains and keep leaking wee and I have just put it down to bladder pressure, which would also explain your feeling like you need to go, so many things changing. but get the caps and the test and then you will be covering your bases!