infection in pregnancy

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Wondering if anyone has had this before and if I need to be concerned.

I'm 20 weeks pregnant, all has seemed well so far. About a week ago I had some very light bleeding, I'm talking slight pinkness when wiping. I went to maternity triage and they did a swab to see where it was coming from, but otherwise gave me no cause for concern. I haven't had any symptoms since and thought all was fine.

Yesterday (Friday) I got a letter saying I had an infection and needed to contact my GP who had been informed and would prescribe me the appropriate treatment. They said it was nothing to worry about as it was easily treatable.

I rang my doctor's surgery but was told they had no appointments until the end of May and to ring again on Monday in hopes of getting an earlier one. It's now the weekend and I'm stressed about the lack of information - the letter didn't even say what kind of infection it is but I've read about birth complications with some and am worried. And isn't treatment time sensitive? It feels a bit bizarre leaving it a week, then having to wait days and days just to book a (presumably even later) appointment with the GP who is apparently already fully aware what treatment I need.

Has anyone had anything similar?

If the letter was from maternity triage couldn't you give them a call today and ask for specifics? I am a person who wants to know details - what infection, what treatment, how urgent etc. You could also make them aware that you couldn't get an appointment and might not even be able to get one next week, see what they say.

Thanks for the reply. Yes I feel similarly to you - I feel really uncomfortable with the lack of information but don't know if I'm being silly and this is the standard way to deal with infections, as they said it was nothing to worry about. I might give them a ring to check.

You don't need an appt with the GP, the Gp just needs to prescribe whatever treatment you need.
Phone triage and ask what the infection is, if it's something like thrush you can probs just buy treatment at the pharmacy

Hi how was things in the end