7 wks pregnant and my dog peed in my bed!

[Maggie272]

I'm sure I will laugh about this at some point, but with all the hormones I just can't stop crying. I slept next to dog pee all night, and freaking out now. My dog is not sick or anything, vaccinations all up to date. Rang the vet and she said it should all be fine - she's pregnant too!

Two previous losses and I feel terrified something will happen to make me lose this one...any reassurance welcome xxx

Urine is sterile! It's gross but not harmful in any way.

@Dipsydoodle thank you SO MUCH. I don't know what's wrong me with...I need constant reassurance. This board has been a lifesaver xxx

Not strictly true, @Dipsydoodle. Dog urine can carry a number of viral & bacterial pathogens and zoonotic diseases that can be transferred to humans. However, if your dog is fully vaccinated and is well, the risk of you catching anything is vanishingly small.

Boil wash the bedding and keep the dog out of the bed whilst you’re pregnant.

Doggie is vaccinated and in great spirits so not sick...it's me that's a wreck : (

My vet was lovely and pregnant and said the only animal she stays away from is sheep, but comes in contact with all kinds of animals and animal pee every day. She has cats but gets someone else to clean out the tray. I thought that once I was pregnant I would be glowing and happy, but everyday there's a new worry...from feta to dog pee....i grew up on a farm, my mum had 5 kids, we all turned out fine...

How old is your dog and is he/she neutered? I ask because my 5 year old spayed bitch started 'leaking' in her sleep and it seems it's a common, hormone-related condition. An implant sorted it out.

@Sarahlou63 she's 5 and has been neutered, no infection. The vet thought it might be behavioral...she's the love of my life and got me through the last losses.

You will be fine. My horse had leptospirosis when I was pregnant but I would have had to ingest his urine (while still in fluid form) to get it. I didn’t get it funnily enough.

Nothing to do with infection...

www.vetmed.wsu.edu/outreach/Pet-Health-Topics/categories/common-problems/urinary-incontinence

Obviously it could be a one-off but if it happens again ask your vet about it.

thanks everyone. i'm not sure i want to be pregnant anymore...i can't take the pressure. this is an IVF pregnancy, and I'm still on all the hormones and from the get go they have turned me into someone who can barely leave the house...i used to be happy and carefree, and our attitude to IVF was we'd give it one go and if it didn't work we'd happily get on with our lives. Now I am washing my hands every few minutes, I'm obsessed about what I'm eating, and I can't sleep because I'm so worried. No one understands.

Even though the vet was reassuring I can't stop crying...maybe I just need to cry it out and I'll feel better xxxx

That level of anxiety seems a bit extreme. Can you talk to your GP or MW about prenatal depression?

Just cry it out xx

It must be horrible feeling so much unlike yourself, but it WILL pass and hopefully you’ll have a baby at the end of it 🌷

Try to focus on this just being a crap time you need to get through to get to the good time

A lot of women don’t feel like the ‘beautiful, wafting, glowing, pregnant woman’ they thought they’d feel like. It’s honestly not just you.

Take any help/support from anyone offering and don’t feel any pressure to ‘glow’ or whatever, do anything you can do safely to make yourself feel better and try not to worry about every little bit of advice known to mankind. Xx

Sympathising with you as another emotional pregnant lady, think anything would send me over the edge at the moment! But I’ve never heard anything about dog pee being a risk to us, so should think you’ll be fine especially as your vet hasn’t said anything. Sounds like you should talk with your GP about thr anxiety you’ve been feeling as PP said, sending best wishes

thank you both so much for your replies to my very tearful post. Yes, the clinic are aware and my GP is aware. I had counselling but it doesn't seem to help when the culprit is hormones, as I was very level headed before. I was given xanax for panic attacks before I got pregnant but I don't want to take anything - safe or not - while pregnant - because I know deep down I want the baby. But this is torture. What if I have cause a defect by sleeping in the same bed with my dog's pee? Or being so anxious all the time? I was even afraid that there wasn't real folic acid in my prenatal vitamins, that the company probably made a mistake with the ones I bought. I know it sounds crazy...but it's real for me. At least the vet was pregnant too, and very reassuring.
Sorry to keep going on, I didn't actually realise until now how bad it was xxx

Why do you sleep with a dog if you are so anxious? A dog might get sick and might take a while for you to notice the symptoms. If this happens (not saying it's the case now) you would then freak out again. I understand the anxiety and am anxious myself, but I am somewhat able to see triggers and avoid them. Don't sleep with animals. Read labels before eating food. Don't breath toxins. And, above all, be grateful to be pregnant

I read on another post about something called prenatal depression. Don't know.much about it but you sound like you maybe need some help. At the very least and I don't mean this to sound condescending when you start to get into panic mode, can you perhaps try to sit down somewhere quiet, practice your breathing and try to calm down a bit.

I think your anxiety is caused by more than just hormones. All pregnant women have hormones and all have some anxiety about keeping their baby safe but it seems like your worries are off the scale. You need to talk to someone or you'll have a nervous breakdown!

@Lalla525 I sleep with my dog because she brings me comfort and because my GP said it was ok. Your message is a little condescending. You can be grateful and also be struggling. Perhaps not everyone is as clear headed as you seem to be.

@TARSCOUT @RhymingRabbit3 thanks so much for your responses. Your right it doesn't feel normal to me. I am on a bucket load of medication post IVF transfer, but the clinic won't confirm whether or not that is the cause of my anxiety. My GP has said she's seen women go through psychosis on the meds, I don't think I'm like that but I don't feel normal...it's been going on since August so they are all aware xxx

Far from being clear-headed myself. I just find it very weird that one would choose to increase risk, especially when already struggling with instability and anxiety.

To clarify - your dog is a risk. Best case scenario it's completely healthy and won't do you harm. Anything other than that would be a cause of massive stress (given your current mental health situation) and potential baby's harm. Remember that your dog walks outside of your house (I'm guessing here) on a daily basis. Do you have any idea about the number of germs and old poo which sticks on its feet, and then goes in your bed?

Appreciate the 'comfort' argument. But then It's a choice (and risk) you are making and you have to live with, pee and potential germs/illnesses included.

Lalla525 goodness what are you trying to do?! Are you trying to freak the OP out?!!!

Please ignore that OP. There are very few things that cross the species barrier, your dog is quite safe to walk outside and still be in your home, you also walk outside and everything is fine. I am also not sure that limiting your life is the way to go, these kinds of anxieties persist even if you try to avoid the current, apparent cause. So, if you remove the dog your anxiety will only move onto something else. The solution is to tackle the anxiety.

Booboostwo

As I'm an anxious person myself (very anxious) I'm giving the OP my point of view. You are welcome to disagree, but this is what I would think and do, so not sure why I can't give the best advice I would give myself.

Also, not suggesting she removes the dog. Just suggesting she does not sleep with the dog (I wouldn't and giving her the advice). The same as I would not put shoes on the bed, if I used them to walk outside. But again, OP, feel free to ignore.

@Booboostwo thank you so much, my midwife just confirmed that my dog is fine, and it's very common in pregnancy for dogs to pick up on changes and that's probably what happened as she doesn't have an infection. She said the urine wouldn't cause a problem, just sheep and cat feces and the vet said this too.

I just had a long chat with her as another poster suggested and she said that this kind of anxiety/depression in pregnancy is more common than we think esp with the added IVF meds I'm on. She asked I go back to my GP for a referral to the mental health services at my maternity hospital, and there I will get support.

@Lalla252 I have no problem with anyone giving me advice - that's why I posted, but to tell someone to be grateful when they are suffering so much that they can't see the wood for the trees is so condescending. Good for you if you are able to see triggers and avoid them, but not everyone is as astute as you are, especially with early first pregnancies. My GP said it was ok to have my dog with me but later in pregnancy to train her to sleep elsewhere just for the sake of the baby.
I did think about keeping floors clean etc, but will be more careful. Obv something you don't have to worry about - in fact It's amazing you can see the ground at all with your nose stuck up in the air like that.

Thanks to everyone else for being kind and sensitive
Mx

in fact It's amazing you can see the ground at all with your nose stuck up in the air like that.

Honestly I should not have replied at all - thanks for making that clear. Wish you the best.