PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for March, 2001: Re: Can infection be the culprit???

Re: Can infection be the culprit???

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 00:45:54 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Mo wrote: >
>Hi,
>I am 8 weeks pg (YEAH !!!) I had a mild yeast infection that lasted
>about 4 days that I had chosen not to treat, after the infection seemed
>to pass I had noticed my urine started to smell quite foul, this went on
>for approx. a week and a half before I had my first prenatal appt. I
>had an u/s and did get to see the baby's h/b. and proceeded to explain
>to my provider the urine issue, I had no other symptoms except VERY foul
>urine, I had a routine urinalysis
>and low and behold there was moderate bacteria, I am now on macrobid,
>they also said I had candida in my culture so suggested I treat it. I
>haven't had any symptoms and havn't begun treatment as of yet.
>after all that my question is:
>I had my appt on a Friday late afternoon, pap & cultures.
>Tuesday after a light excersise I had a copiuos amount of
>mucousy rootbeer colored discharge, cleaned myself up and didn't have
>anything again,
>what could have caused this??

the infection and/or sex

>1) Friday's internal ??? (4 days later??)

maybe

>2) The exercise (rootbeer is old blood yes??)

doubtful (and yes, old blood can look like rootbeer)

>3) The bladder infection???

more likely the yeast infetion

>I am trying to maintain a positive attitude and not run to my ob, but
>have may underlying fears as my last baby died at 12 days from a heart
>defect and I m/c'd at 8.5 weeks before him.

my philosophy here is if it makes you feel better (when you have had previous losses) to come in every day to hear teh heartbeat (or see it on ultrasound if you are too early to hear it) tehn by all means come in. I know most docs don't have this same philosphy, but then most docs haven't had 3 miscarriages either ;-)

>should the rootbeer colored discharge merit a visit to my ob??

go ahead and call, and admit to being a paranoid pregnant woman and aks if you can come in for a quick exam and ultraosund, just for reassurance

sorry >about the epic length and thankyou for your time. Monica

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG South Lake Tahoe, CA

author, Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide

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