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3rd Trimester
pee smells like maple syrup?
Anyone else have this happen?
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Re: pee smells like maple syrup?
I wish all pee smelled like maple syrup.
You are lucky
I dont know about wishing it smelled like maple syrup because Id never be able to eat it again, but you are lucky! My pee has had a different smell to it though since being pregnant and I wouldnt say its pleasant....
"I'll gladly take cold sores over eye herpes" -ElieFin
"Unicorn glitter gives me UTIs." -Leila'sMommy
Wow - I just googled "urine maple syrup" and found a ton of hits for maple syrup urine disease! Who knew? Maybe do some reading up on it?
Found this here: https://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_causes_different_sweet_smelling_urine
Answer: Causes of Sweet Smell in urine
There are various causes of sweet smell in the urine. Most are transient and due to metabolizing various foods. Sometimes strong odor is due to highly concentrated urine when one hasn't consumed enough water, easily fixed. Another cause is sweet smell due to uncontrolled diabetes melitus, which can be determined through urinalysis evaluated by a physician.
There is a rare metabolic disease called Mapple Syrup Urine Disease , as the smell is like slightly burnt sugar - or for people who have actually smelt mapple syrup, that is apparently what the urine smell is similar to. The incidence of this illness is around one in 200.000 births, with the exception of a small intermarrying community of Northern European descent in the USA where the incidence is much higher. This neurological condition effects infants and children and would not present in adults.
MSUD, as it is known, is a condition where the body can't deal with substances called branched aminoacids. One of these, called leucine is toxic, in particular to the brain. There are various types of the disease, symptoms range from brain disfunction and death in the newborn period to very mild indeed. Many children will have mental retardation, even if their MSUD is discovered early and the metabolic doctors that care for them put them on the special protective diet at a very young age.
Some very fortunate children are known to have normal intelligence, this requires very good metabolic control throughout their lifetime.
Other causes of sweet smell in the urine are very rare indeed. One should have a talk with a doctor who specialises in metabolic medicine if one is concerned that urine smells very different to the usual. The tests to find out what is wrong and the methods to fix the problem are very complex.
And this here: https://www.everydayhealth.com/specialists/urology/wessells/qa/my-urine-smells-sweet/index.aspx
Sweet-smelling urine may be the result of either glucose or ketone excesses in the urine.
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So.. I think it's a good idea to mention it to your doc. It could be nothing, but it could also be a problem. Best to be safe. Gl
WOAH.
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000373.htm
Yeah, I'd mention it to your OB or PCP and bring up this Maple Syrup Urine Disease.
"I'll gladly take cold sores over eye herpes" -ElieFin
"Unicorn glitter gives me UTIs." -Leila'sMommy
I would call the Dr.
The only time mine ever smelled like syrup was when I was taking fenugreek for milk production with DD. That's normal, though.
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Mine actually did after eating Waffle Crisp cereal (the cereal smells like maple syrup). I never bought the cereal again after I looked at the sugar content. It was really good though.
Edit: After reading the PP's, I want to say that mine was a one time thing. OP- Was yours a one time thing or related to something you ate? I wouldn't worry if it was a one time thing.
It has happened all day today.
I got an 87 on the Glucose tolerance test. My OB said if it was graded by letters I would have gotten an A++.
I will mention it at my appt tomorrow and see what he says. I will let you ladies know what happens.
THIS for me as well.
Maple Syrup Urine Disease is a genetic metabolic disease (of amino acid metabolism) with infantile or childhood onset. it's very rare - 1:185,000. don't worry, you'd have known in childhood if you had it.
I would wonder about Ketoacidosis though if it smells sweet... you did GD tests, right? I'm assuming you don't have gestational diabetes?