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Re: UTI and pregnant

From: Garry E. Siegel, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 3 Jun 2002 21:47:35 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Anonymous wrote: >
>Hello,
>
>Last Friday night I began to feel like I might have a UTI coming on. I
>am 15 weeks pregnant (1st pregnancy) and just been to my 15 week ob
>visit the day before (urine was fine then). I've had one other UTI 2
>years ago and I had the similar symptoms. I called my dr and had him
>paged on Saturday because I was afraid to wait until Monday that I might
>harm the baby. I had no burning upon urinatination, but I did have
>pelvic pain and feeling that I have to urinate every 30 minutes, but I
>urinate very little.
>
>My dr. returned my call and said that he was prescribing me Macrobid
>100 mg, twice a day with food. I started taking the Macrobid on
>Saturday. It is now Monday and I feeling some improvement, but I am
>still feeling like I need to urinate every hour and I have some urinary
>discomfort. I am drinking lots of extra fluids and my urine is almost
>clear.
>
>I'v been on the med over 48 hours now. How long should I take the meds
>before I call the dr. back again about this discomfort? Have I given
>the meds a fair chance yet? I am so scared because I have read about
>UTI's causing miscarriages. How do I know if I am in trouble?
>
>Thanks

You are not in trouble. Why not go in and be seen and checked out?

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Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
Private Practice
Roswell, GA

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