‘Your urine contained more mixed organisms than are usually found’

[Vogue1992]

Hi,

I received a letter following my 12 week scan which advised ‘Your urine sample contained more mixed organisms than are usually found’

I need to provide a repeat sample in to check the result and see if any treatment is needed.

The letter states this isn’t a serious problem and is usually due to the specimen being contaminated at the time it was taken.

I can’t find much information about this online so I wondered if anyone had similar and what the outcome / treatment was?

sounds like the container was contaminated, or you have a UTI

Is this a stealth boast op?

Congratulations on your pregnancy and accept this sample is just, well a sample of the stressful journey ahead...

I had this once, and repeated the sample and was fine.

I think I did my wee straight after a shower and didn’t rinse below properly!

Hi, no not a stealth boost @Santaisironingwrappingpaper I was concerned when reading the letter, there is a lack of information online but what I did manage to read suggested it can have links to premature birth.

Of course it could be a contaminated sample or otherwise.

I have had UTI’s and Kidney Infections which have led to borderline sepsis and being hospitalised in the past but they always presented symptoms so I panicked.

It’s a stressful journey for everybody, I just wondered if others had similar and what the treatment / outcome was. I find it easier to speak to people of similar experience than to Google like a mad women and become scared at worst case outcomes.

Do it again and make sure your 'nether regions' (to put it delicately) are all clean before you pee. It's possible 'stuff' got into the mix.
It's probably a UTI- so very common in pregnancy. It would almost be obscene if you didn't experience a corker of a UTI in pregnancy.
Don't panic. Just do the test again.

Thank you, I’ll contact my GP surgery to arrange another sample :)

I have had UTI’s and Kidney Infections which have led to borderline sepsis and being hospitalised in the past but they always presented symptoms so I panicked.

Yes! Me too! Yet my UTIs in pregnancy were frequent and so stealth-like! They were proper ninja-UTIs... no symptoms... no idea whatsoever that I had one until I peed in a pot. It's crazy.

I never had any uti's or any issues and had a prem baby.
Don't let online info scare you op...

I took a urine test a while ago and recall that you had to properly prepare it as to not contaminate the sample? There were plenty of disclaimers.

Eg urinate as normal, only catching the mid-last bit in the container as to not transfer the initial germs from your body into the sample. If you just pissed into it immediately, there’s your problem.

Yeah mixed samples are usually down to sample collection errors. As a pp says, use a sterile container, only collect the middle section of your wee and wash your hands before and after. It'll probably be nothing.

Make sure everything is clean and make sure you don't pee straight away, it needs to start from mid flow

Thank you everyone, I don’t feel so stressed now :)

@Vogue1992 my first urine sample at my booking appointment contained protein and the midwife told me it was most likely contamination from discharge. She said to do a repeat sample and to make sure it was from mid urine stream, which I did the following day and came back fine x